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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Natural Pitch






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






4. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






5. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






6. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






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






8. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






9. C- C






10. 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.






11. Interval of less than a semitone






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






13. Without key center






14. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






16. Glissando in jazz music






17. Tone color or quality of sound.






18. Sounds minor seventh higher.






19. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






20. Organization of musical notes in time.






21. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






23. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






24. Combination of aggreable tones.






25. 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.






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






27. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






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






29. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






30. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






33. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






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






38. F- F






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






40. Maelzel's Metronome






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






42. Alto and tenor clefs






43. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






44. I - V ii - V IV - V






45. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






46. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






47. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






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






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






50. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.