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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. C- C






3. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






4. Maelzel's Metronome






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






6. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






7. An unessential note that falls on the beat






8. Glissando in vocal music






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






10. Glissando in jazz music






11. 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.






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






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






14. Occur in all parts.






15. Made smaller.






16. Distance between any two notes






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






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






19. G- G






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






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






22. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






23. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






24. Highest natural adult male voice






25. I - V ii - V IV - V






26. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






28. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






29. 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.






30. A- A






31. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






32. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






34. Without key center






35. Natural Pitch






36. General music is required until grade...






37. 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.






38. Pick up bar.






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






40. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






41. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






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






45. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






47. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






48. 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.






49. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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