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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. B- B






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






7. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






8. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






9. Highest natural adult male voice






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






11. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






12. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






15. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






16. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






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






21. F- F






22. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






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






26. Sounds minor seventh higher.






27. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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


30. A- A






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






32. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






33. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






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






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






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






37. Journal of Research for Music Education






38. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






39. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






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






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






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






43. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






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






45. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






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






47. I - IV - V






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






49. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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