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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






3. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






5. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






7. Glissando in vocal music






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






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






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






11. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






12. C- C






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






14. Pick up bar.






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






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






17. V - I






18. Interval of less than a semitone






19. How high or low a note is.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






28. American String Teachers Assocation






29. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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






31. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






32. Made larger.






33. Organization of musical notes in time.






34. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






35. Occur in all parts.






36. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






38. 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.






39. American Bandmaster's Association






40. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






42. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






44. V - vi






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






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






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






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






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






50. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.