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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. I - V ii - V IV - V






2. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






3. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






4. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






5. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






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






9. D- D






10. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






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






12. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






13. V - I






14. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






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






16. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






18. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






19. Background support for a melody.






20. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






21. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






22. An unessential note that falls on the beat






23. Another word for key.






24. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






25. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






27. 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.






28. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






29. Distance between any two notes






30. Without key center






31. Made larger.






32. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






34. G- G






35. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






36. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






39. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






40. Sounds minor seventh higher.






41. C- C






42. Pick up bar.






43. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






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






45. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






46. American String Teachers Assocation






47. Maelzel's Metronome






48. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






49. Glissando in vocal music






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