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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Maelzel's Metronome
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Kodaly Method
MM
Smear
2. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Lydian
Enharmonic
Mixolydian
3. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Primary Triads
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
8
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
4. Glissando in jazz music
Articulation
Ostinato
Smear
Note that is transposing figured around
5. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.
Plagal Cadence
Phrase
Note that is transposing figured around
Anacrusis
6. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Consonance
Alberti Bass
Kodaly Method
Kodaly
7. Chord without a third.
Bare chord
Natural Minor Scale
Kodaly Method
Extension
8. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Subdominant
Absolute Music
French Horn Transposition
Appoggiaturas
9. Pick up bar.
Kodaly Method
Anacrusis
Comenius
Rhythmic displacement
10. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Introduction
Monophonic
Consonance
Contrary motion
11. 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.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Leading Note
Figured Bass
C Clefs
12. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Appoggiaturas
Pull off
French Horn Transposition
13. I - V ii - V IV - V
Major Scale Semitones
Imperfect Cadence
Imitation
Irregular rhythm
14. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.
Tenor Clef
Rhythmic Imitation
Diminution
Notes of Anticipation
15. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Harmony
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Chromatic Scale
Chromatic
16. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Major Scale Semitones
Interval
Dorian Mode
Accidentals
17. E- E
Phrygian
Contrary motion
Harmony
5
18. Made smaller.
Fanfare
Diminished
Augmented
Bye - tones
19. Highest natural adult male voice
Tenor
ABA
Microtone
Note that is transposing figured around
20. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Inversion
Anacrusis
Imperfect Cadence
Pedal Point
21. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Phrygian
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Whole Tone Scale
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
22. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
AOSA
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Timbre
Instruments that transpose at the octave
23. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Semitone
Pitch
Introduction
Syncopation
24. 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.
Absolute Music
Arpeggio
Bennet Reimer
Glissando
25. G- G
Mixolydian
Notes of Anticipation
Syncopation
Binary form
26. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Primary Triads
Chromatic
Mediant
Diminution
27. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Syncopation
Mediant
Accidentals
Pitch
28. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.
Notes of Anticipation
Imitation by Inversion
Diminution
Friedrich Froebel
29. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Diminution
ASCAP
Chromatic
Inversion
30. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.
Bennet Reimer
Ostinato
Alberti Bass
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
31. A- A
Development
Tonic Minor
Rhythm
Aeolian
32. American Choral Director's Association
ACDA
Locrian
AOSA
Accidentals
33. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Introduction
Supertonic
Alberti Bass
Rhythmic Imitation
34. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
Concert pitch
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Tempo
Hocket
35. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Tonic Minor
Repetition
ABA
Five finger exercise
36. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Pentatonic Scale
Portamento
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Timbre
37. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.
Contrary motion
Five finger exercise
Consonance
Inversion
38. Alto and tenor clefs
C Clefs
Alberti Bass
Syncopation
Tonal Sequence
39. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Arco
Mixolydian
Rhythmic displacement
40. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Real Sequence
Passing Notes
MM
Cross Rhythm
41. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Tenor
Figured Bass
Passing Notes
Sequence
42. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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43. Without key center
Atonal
Dominant
Phrygian
Homophonic
44. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Accent
Rubato
Tonality
45. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Figured Bass
Supertonic
Accented Passing Note
Melody
46. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Dominant
Extension
Chromatic
Ostinato
47. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Irregular rhythm
Mediant
Appoggiaturas
Tempo
48. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
8
Ostinato
ACDA
Canon
49. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Introduction
Development
Passing Notes
C Clefs
50. C- C
Imitation by Inversion
Syncopation
Ionian
Melodic Sequences