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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






3. I - V ii - V IV - V






4. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






7. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






13. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






15. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






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






17. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






19. American Bandmaster's Association






20. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






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






22. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






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






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






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






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






27. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Organization of musical notes in time.






33. I - IV - V






34. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






37. Sounds a minor third higher.






38. Background support for a melody.






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






40. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






42. American String Teachers Assocation






43. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






44. Sounds minor seventh higher.






45. E- E






46. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






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






48. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






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