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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Journal of Research for Music Education






2. Glissando in vocal music






3. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






4. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






6. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






7. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






8. I - V ii - V IV - V






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

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10. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






12. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






13. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






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






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






16. Middle C






17. Made larger.






18. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






20. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






21. How high or low a note is.






22. Chord without a third.






23. D- D






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






25. V - I






26. General music is required until grade...






27. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






28. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






30. 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.






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






32. G- G






33. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






34. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






35. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






36. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






37. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






38. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






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






42. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






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






44. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






45. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






46. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






47. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






48. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






49. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






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