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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Second tone in a major/minor scale






2. IV - I






3. General music is required until grade...






4. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






6. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






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






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






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






10. Sounds a minor third higher.






11. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






14. Third tone in a major or minor scale






15. G- G






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






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






18. American Bandmaster's Association






19. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






20. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






23. V - vi






24. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






26. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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

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






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






30. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






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






35. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






39. Combination of aggreable tones.






40. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






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






42. 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.






43. B- B






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






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






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






47. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






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






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






50. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.