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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Without key center






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






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






5. Sounds a minor third higher.






6. Occur in all parts.






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






8. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






9. Alto and tenor clefs






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






11. Tone color or quality of sound.






12. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






13. Maelzel's Metronome






14. B- B






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






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






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






26. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






27. Another word for key.






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






29. I - IV - V






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






31. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






34. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






36. Middle C






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. Journal of Research for Music Education






39. American Bandmaster's Association






40. Third tone in a major or minor scale






41. American Choral Director's Association






42. C- C






43. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






45. Sounds minor seventh higher.






46. Between 3/4 and 7/8






47. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






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






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