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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






2. How high or low a note is.






3. Distance between any two notes






4. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






5. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






6. General music is required until grade...






7. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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8. Third tone in a major or minor scale






9. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






10. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






11. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






12. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






13. Glissando in jazz music






14. Tone color or quality of sound.






15. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






16. V - I






17. D- D






18. An unessential note that falls on the beat






19. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






20. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






21. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






22. Background support for a melody.






23. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






24. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






25. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






26. Middle C






27. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






28. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






29. Sounds a minor third higher.






30. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






31. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






32. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






33. Glissando in vocal music






34. C- C






35. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






36. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






37. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






38. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






39. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






40. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






41. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






42. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






43. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






44. Second tone in a major/minor scale






45. Occur in all parts.






46. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






47. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






48. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






49. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






50. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.