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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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






4. Organization of musical notes in time.






5. F- F






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






7. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






8. Middle C






9. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






10. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






11. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






14. IV - I






15. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






16. V - vi






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






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






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






20. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






22. 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.






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






24. Scale made entirely of semitones.






25. E- E






26. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






29. Alto and tenor clefs






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






31. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






32. Highest natural adult male voice






33. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






35. Interval of less than a semitone






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






37. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






39. Between 3/4 and 7/8






40. G- G






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






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






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






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






45. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






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






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






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






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






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