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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






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






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






5. D- D






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






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






8. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






9. Chord without a third.






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






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






12. E- E






13. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






14. Another word for key.






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






16. Middle C






17. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






18. Made smaller.






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






20. Glissando in vocal music






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






22. V - vi






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






24. Glissando in jazz music






25. Combination of aggreable tones.






26. Pick up bar.






27. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






29. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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






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






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






34. Sounds minor seventh higher.






35. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






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






37. F- F






38. Occur in all parts.






39. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






40. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






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






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






43. General music is required until grade...






44. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






45. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






46. American Bandmaster's Association






47. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






49. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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