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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Binary form
Coda
Diminution
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
2. Tone color or quality of sound.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Bassoon
Timbre
Tenor
3. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Pedal Point
Passing Notes
ASCAP
Tenor Clef
4. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Unrelated Chord
Canon
Polytonality
Blues
5. I - V ii - V IV - V
Imperfect Cadence
Cor Anglais Transposition
Irregular rhythm
Auxiliary Notes
6. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Plagal Cadence
Submediant
Polytonality
Smear
7. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Binary form
Polytonality
Bennet Reimer
Microtone
8. V - vi
Interrupted Cadence
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Pulse
Imitation
9. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Perfect Cadence
Antiphonal
Chromatic
Notes of Anticipation
10. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Blues
Inversions of chords
Diminished
Semitone
11. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Submediant
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Harmonic
ASTA
12. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
Tempo
MM
Alto Clef
5%
13. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Homophonic
Fragmentation
Accent
Sequence
14. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Programme Music
ACDA
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
15. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Accidentals
Fragmentation
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Concert pitch
16. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Ostinato
Leading Note
Accidentals
Supertonic
17. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Pull off
B flat Bass Transposition
Five finger exercise
C Clefs
18. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Canon
Tonal Sequence
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Repetition
19. Occur in all parts.
Harmonic Sequences
Introduction
Harmonic
Accidentals
20. Second tone in a major/minor scale
B flat instruments
Supertonic
Melody
Arco
21. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.
Primary Triads
Riff
Register
Dorian Mode
22. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Semitone
ACDA
Alberti Bass
Rhythmic displacement
23. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Cross Rhythm
Leading Note
Cor Anglais Transposition
Harmonic Sequences
24. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
Rondo Form
Homophonic
Dorian Mode
Diminution
25. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Homophonic
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
ACDA
26. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Binary form
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Real Sequence
Blues
27. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
Ostinato
Inverted Pedal
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Alto Clef
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.
Pull off
Note that is transposing figured around
Fanfare
Arpeggio
29. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Mixolydian
B flat Bass Transposition
Monophonic
Rhythmic displacement
30. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Unrelated Chord
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Introduction
31. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Anacrusis
Passing Notes
Plagal Cadence
Kodaly
32. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Ostinato
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Pedal Point
Extension
33. 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.
Mediant
Binary form
Augmentation
Smear
34. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Chromatic Scale
Motif
Riff
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
35. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Rhythmic Imitation
Phrase
5%
Harmonic
36. Glissando in jazz music
Smear
Motif
Instruments that transpose at the octave
8
37. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.
Alberti Bass
Polyphonic
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
C Clefs
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.
Programme Music
Melody
Lydian
Pedal Point
39. Made larger.
MM
Augmented
Natural Minor Scale
Perfect Cadence
40. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Pulse
A instruments
Mediant
Pedal Point
41. Organization of musical notes in time.
Cadence
Rhythm
Sequence
B flat instruments
42. Interval of less than a semitone
Microtone
Atonal
Bassoon
Diminished
43. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Phrase
Melodic Sequences
Pedal Point
Enharmonic
44. C- C
Programme Music
Texture
Development
Ionian
45. Background support for a melody.
Unrelated Chord
Accompaniment
Canon
5%
46. Natural Pitch
Aeolian
Natural Minor Scale
Tonic Minor
Interrupted Cadence
47. General music is required until grade...
8
Irregular rhythm
Cross Rhythm
Coda
48. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
ASTA
Syncopation
Development
Harmonic Minor Scale
49. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Enharmonic
Phrygian
Appoggiaturas
Augmentation
50. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Hammer on
Contrary motion
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Irregular rhythm