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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






3. American Bandmaster's Association






4. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






6. Organization of musical notes in time.






7. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






8. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






10. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






12. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






13. Third tone in a major or minor scale






14. Natural Pitch






15. Made smaller.






16. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






17. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






18. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






19. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






20. Maelzel's Metronome






21. Alto and tenor clefs






22. G- G






23. Between 3/4 and 7/8






24. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






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






26. Interval of less than a semitone






27. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Made larger.






34. Pick up bar.






35. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






38. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






39. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






40. 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.






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






42. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






43. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






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






45. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






46. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






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






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






50. Bars of music before the main tune begins.