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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Made larger.






2. C- C






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






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






5. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






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






8. Middle C






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






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






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






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






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






14. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






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






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






17. E- E






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






19. I - IV - V






20. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






21. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






22. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






23. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






24. 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.






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






26. Highest natural adult male voice






27. 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.






28. Combination of aggreable tones.






29. IV - I






30. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






31. F- F






32. I - V ii - V IV - V






33. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






35. American String Teachers Assocation






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






37. Organization of musical notes in time.






38. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






39. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






42. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






44. Another word for key.






45. Second tone in a major/minor scale






46. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






47. Between 3/4 and 7/8






48. 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.






49. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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