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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






2. American Bandmaster's Association






3. Maelzel's Metronome






4. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






5. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






6. D- D






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






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






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






10. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






11. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






13. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






14. Sounds minor seventh higher.






15. I - IV - V






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






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






18. Highest natural adult male voice






19. Another word for key.






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






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






22. 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.






23. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






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






25. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






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






27. Occur in all parts.






28. Between 3/4 and 7/8






29. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






30. Scale made entirely of semitones.






31. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






33. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






34. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






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






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






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






38. Without key center






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






40. American String Teachers Assocation






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. Made smaller.






45. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






46. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






47. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






48. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






49. A- A






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