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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






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






5. Occur in all parts.






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






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






8. Distance between any two notes






9. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






11. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






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






13. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






14. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






20. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






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






22. American Bandmaster's Association






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






24. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






26. Journal of Research for Music Education






27. Alto and tenor clefs






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






29. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






31. Made smaller.






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






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






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






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






36. G- G






37. Without key center






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






39. Background support for a melody.






40. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






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






42. An unessential note that falls on the beat






43. Highest natural adult male voice






44. I - IV - V






45. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






46. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






47. Consists entirely of whole steps.






48. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






49. Pick up bar.






50. D- D