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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Natural Pitch






3. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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






6. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






7. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






9. C- C






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






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






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






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






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






15. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






17. B- B






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






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

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20. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






21. 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.






22. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






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






26. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






28. General music is required until grade...






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






30. Alto and tenor clefs






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






32. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






33. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






35. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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






37. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






38. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






39. A- A






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






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






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






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






44. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






45. Without key center






46. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






48. Maelzel's Metronome






49. V - I






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