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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. I - IV - V






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






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






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






6. Consists entirely of whole steps.






7. Journal of Research for Music Education






8. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






9. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






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






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






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






15. Middle C






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






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






18. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






20. Background support for a melody.






21. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






23. Alto and tenor clefs






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






25. G- G






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






27. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






28. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






30. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






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






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






33. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






41. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






42. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






43. IV - I






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






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






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






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






48. How high or low a note is.






49. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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