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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Cross Rhythm
Atonal
Pull off
Harmonic Minor Scale
2. Maelzel's Metronome
Inversion
MM
Interrupted Cadence
Articulation
3. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Inversions of chords
Appoggiaturas
Irregular rhythm
4. Middle C
Augmented
Supertonic
Note that is transposing figured around
Retrograde
5. B- B
Repetition
Inversion
Locrian
Motif
6. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Five finger exercise
Pull off
Augmentation
Phrase
7. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
B flat Bass Transposition
5
Homophonic
Relative (Major/Minor)
8. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
Accidentals
Imitation
A instruments
Lydian
9. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Whole Tone Scale
B flat Bass Transposition
MM
Auxiliary Notes
10. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Dominant
Note that is transposing figured around
Lydian
Diminution
11. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.
Chromatic
Friedrich Froebel
Polyphonic
Harmonic Sequences
12. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Real Sequence
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Harmony
13. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Augmentation
ASTA
Real Sequence
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
14. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
Motif
Rhythmic Imitation
Ionian
Melody
15. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.
Aeolian
C Clefs
Irregular rhythm
45
16. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Pulse
Texture
Diminished
Consonance
17. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Extension
Glissando
Pentatonic Scale
Primary Triads
18. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Homophonic
Glissando
Reasons for Transposing
C Clefs
19. American Choral Director's Association
ACDA
Chromatic Scale
Bare chord
JRME
20. American String Teachers Assocation
ASTA
45
Harmony
Enharmonic
21. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.
Melody
Monophonic
Dorian Mode
Inverted Pedal
22. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
B flat Bass Transposition
45
Arco
Articulation
23. Tone color or quality of sound.
Major Scale Semitones
Accent
MM
Timbre
24. I - V ii - V IV - V
Imperfect Cadence
Five finger exercise
Lydian
Microtone
25. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Inversion
Contrary motion
Comenius
JRME
26. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melodic Sequences
Introduction
Portamento
Antiphonal
27. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.
Dorian Mode
Tonal Sequence
Glissando
Alberti Bass
28. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Hocket
Comenius
Irregular rhythm
29. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
Cor Anglais Transposition
Blues
Glissando
30. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Rhythm
Irregular rhythm
Accidentals
Canon
31. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Canon
Polytonality
Articulation
Note that is transposing figured around
32. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
Pentatonic Scale
Submediant
B flat instruments
Canon
33. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Bare chord
Imperfect Cadence
Ostinato
Diminution
34. 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.
Pedal Point
Register
Semitone
ASCAP
35. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Arco
ABA
Texture
Register
36. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Kodaly Method
Harmony
Motif
Hammer on
37. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.
Hammer on
Canon
Five finger exercise
Dorian Mode
38. 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.
JRME
Hocket
Phrase
Atonal
39. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Ostinato
Sequence
Polyphonic
5
40. V - vi
Ionian
Auxiliary Notes
Interrupted Cadence
Dalcroze
41. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Kodaly
Five finger exercise
Repetition
Interrupted Cadence
42. Made smaller.
5
Reasons for Transposing
Diminished
Passing Notes
43. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Auxiliary Notes
5%
Real Sequence
Dalcroze
44. Journal of Research for Music Education
JRME
Inversions of chords
Sequence
Auxiliary Notes
45. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Enharmonic
Diminution
Rondo Form
Blues
46. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
5
ABA
Arpeggio
Melodic Sequences
47. Combination of aggreable tones.
Consonance
Accented Passing Note
Phrase
Natural Minor Scale
48. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Semitone
Aeolian
Imitation by Inversion
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
49. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Development
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Homophonic
Interval
50. Consists entirely of whole steps.
B flat instruments
Whole Tone Scale
Introduction
Harmonic Minor Scale