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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. V - I






2. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






3. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






5. Sounds a minor third higher.






6. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






7. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






8. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






9. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






10. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






11. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






12. D- D






13. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






14. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






15. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






16. Another word for key.






17. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






18. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






19. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






20. 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.






21. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






22. Middle C






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






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






25. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






26. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






27. Natural Pitch






28. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






30. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






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






34. F- F






35. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






36. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






37. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






39. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






41. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






42. IV - I






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






44. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






45. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






46. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






47. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






50. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.