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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Made smaller.






2. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






4. 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.






5. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






6. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






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






9. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






10. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






12. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






13. Natural Pitch






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






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






16. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






18. Occur in all parts.






19. How high or low a note is.






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






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






22. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






23. Pick up bar.






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






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






26. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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. A- A






31. I - IV - V






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






33. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






34. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






35. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






36. 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.






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






38. IV - I






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






40. E- E






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






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






43. G- G






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






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






46. Second tone in a major/minor scale






47. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






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