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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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praxis
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1. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Development
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Augmentation
Subdominant
2. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Note that is transposing figured around
Absolute Music
Bassoon
Contrary motion
3. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Contrary motion
Tonality
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
4. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Cadence
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Primary Triads
45
5. Without key center
Atonal
Passing Notes
ABA
Binary form
6. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Rhythmic Imitation
Ostinato
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Smear
7. Middle C
Inverted Pedal
Dominant
Note that is transposing figured around
Countermelody
8. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
Appoggiaturas
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Inverted Pedal
Cadence
9. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
Countermelody
Chromatic Scale
Arpeggio
Monophonic
10. 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.
Concert pitch
Rubato
Bassoon
Irregular rhythm
11. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Programme Music
Blues
Canon
Major Scale Semitones
12. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Antiphonal
Plagal Cadence
Chromatic Scale
Binary form
13. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Consonance
Fragmentation
Accidentals
Chromatic
14. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
8
Pull off
Pentatonic Scale
15. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Arpeggio
Whole Tone Scale
B flat instruments
Tonic
16. C- C
ASCAP
Ionian
Tonal Sequence
Major Scale Semitones
17. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Riff
Tenor Clef
Polytonality
Cor Anglais Transposition
18. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Appoggiaturas
Tempo
Pentatonic Scale
Retrograde
19. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Fanfare
Monophonic
Notes of Anticipation
Repetition
20. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.
Rondo Form
French Horn Transposition
Plagal Cadence
Introduction
21. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Monophonic
Tonality
Augmented
Supertonic
22. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.
Atonal
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Rhythmic Imitation
Bassoon
23. Made smaller.
A instruments
Timbre
Harmonic Minor Scale
Diminished
24. A- A
B flat Bass Transposition
Alto Clef
Rhythm
Aeolian
25. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
ASTA
Rondo Form
C instruments
Consonance
26. Sounds a minor third higher.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
C Clefs
Notes of Anticipation
Aeolian
27. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Auxiliary Notes
Bare chord
Melodic Sequences
Tenor Clef
28. 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.
Imitation
Diminution
Notes of Anticipation
Figured Bass
29. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.
Polyphonic
AOSA
Primary Triads
Atonal
30. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.
Notes of Anticipation
5
Tenor Clef
Hammer on
31. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Homophonic
Harmonic Sequences
Bare chord
AOSA
32. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Stretto
Irregular rhythm
Tenor Clef
33. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Aeolian
Leading Note
Arpeggio
Extension
34. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
Dominant
Harmonic Sequences
Diminished
ASCAP
35. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
Tonic
B flat Bass Transposition
Imperfect Cadence
Bennet Reimer
36. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
ASCAP
Rhythm
Monophonic
Polytonality
37. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Extension
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
C instruments
Accented Passing Note
38. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Register
Dissonance
Imitation by Inversion
Leading Note
39. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Submediant
Bye - tones
Rhythm
Monophonic
40. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Rhythmic Imitation
Programme Music
Chromatic
Enharmonic
41. 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.
Aeolian
Bye - tones
Blues
Glissando
42. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Retrograde
Rhythmic Imitation
Binary form
Reasons for Transposing
43. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Tenor Clef
Smear
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Rhythmic Imitation
44. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Aeolian
Semitone
Harmonic Minor Scale
Primary Triads
45. American String Teachers Assocation
ASTA
Imitation by Inversion
Major Scale Semitones
ACDA
46. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Dalcroze
B flat instruments
Subdominant
Instruments that transpose at the octave
47. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Antiphonal
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Phrase
Diminution
48. Natural Pitch
Tonality
B flat instruments
Natural Minor Scale
ASCAP
49. B- B
JRME
Locrian
Note that is transposing figured around
Enharmonic
50. Highest natural adult male voice
Diminished
Semitone
Tenor
Perfect Cadence