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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Tone color or quality of sound.






2. Third tone in a major or minor scale






3. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






4. Middle C






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






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






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






8. I - V ii - V IV - V






9. Sounds a minor third higher.






10. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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

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13. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






14. Organization of musical notes in time.






15. G- G






16. Combination of aggreable tones.






17. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






19. 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.






20. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






22. I - IV - V






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






24. Second tone in a major/minor scale






25. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






26. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






27. Distance between any two notes






28. V - vi






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






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






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






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






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






34. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






36. Occur in all parts.






37. 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.






38. C- C






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






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






41. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






43. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Background support for a melody.






49. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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







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