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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Without key center






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






4. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






5. Alto and tenor clefs






6. B- B






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






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






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






10. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






11. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






12. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






13. Distance between any two notes






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






15. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






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






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






18. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






21. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






22. Sounds a minor third higher.






23. C- C






24. Chord without a third.






25. Third tone in a major or minor scale






26. American String Teachers Assocation






27. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






29. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






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






34. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






36. Combination of aggreable tones.






37. 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.






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






39. G- G






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






41. 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.






42. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






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






44. Pick up bar.






45. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






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






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






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






49. General music is required until grade...






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