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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






2. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






3. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






6. E- E






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






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






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






10. C- C






11. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






12. D- D






13. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






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






17. General music is required until grade...






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. B- B






23. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






24. Pick up bar.






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






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






27. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






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






29. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






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






32. Third tone in a major or minor scale






33. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






34. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






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






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






38. Alto and tenor clefs






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






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






41. American Choral Director's Association






42. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






43. American String Teachers Assocation






44. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






45. G- G






46. Without key center






47. An unessential note that falls on the beat






48. How high or low a note is.






49. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






50. Glissando in jazz music