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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






2. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






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






9. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






10. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






11. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






12. V - vi






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






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






15. Made larger.






16. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






17. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






18. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






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






23. Tone color or quality of sound.






24. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






25. Natural Pitch






26. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






27. Background support for a melody.






28. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






29. An unessential note that falls on the beat






30. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






32. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






33. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






34. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






35. Journal of Research for Music Education






36. Pick up bar.






37. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






38. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






39. Glissando in vocal music






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






41. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






42. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






43. B- B






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






45. Alto and tenor clefs






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






47. Highest natural adult male voice






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. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






50. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.