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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Pick up bar.






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






8. Third tone in a major or minor scale






9. How high or low a note is.






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






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






12. Chord without a third.






13. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






14. B- B






15. Journal of Research for Music Education






16. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






18. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






21. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






22. An unessential note that falls on the beat






23. D- D






24. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






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






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






29. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






30. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






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






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






35. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






38. Organization of musical notes in time.






39. I - IV - V






40. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






42. IV - I






43. 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.






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

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45. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






47. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






48. 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.






49. American Bandmaster's Association






50. I - V ii - V IV - V