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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






4. 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.






5. V - I






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






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






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






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






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






11. Alto and tenor clefs






12. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






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






15. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






17. Journal of Research for Music Education






18. C- C






19. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






20. Maelzel's Metronome






21. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






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






25. Between 3/4 and 7/8






26. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






27. Glissando in vocal music






28. Natural Pitch






29. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.






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






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






32. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






33. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






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






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






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






38. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






39. Middle C






40. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






41. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






44. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






46. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






47. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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






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






50. Needs to be written a minor third higher.