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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Journal of Research for Music Education






6. Alto and tenor clefs






7. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






8. 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.






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






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






11. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






12. 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.






13. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






14. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






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






17. Interval of less than a semitone






18. Organization of musical notes in time.






19. American Choral Director's Association






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






21. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






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






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






27. I - V ii - V IV - V






28. 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.






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






30. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






31. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






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






33. Scale made entirely of semitones.






34. 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.






35. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






37. 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.






38. Occur in all parts.






39. Distance between any two notes






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






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






42. C- C






43. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






45. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






46. Made smaller.






47. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






48. Consists entirely of whole steps.






49. American String Teachers Assocation






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