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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
Pentatonic Scale
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Real Sequence
2. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
Kodaly
Leading Note
Development
3. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
5
Tenor Clef
Unrelated Chord
Fanfare
4. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Countermelody
Harmony
Homophonic
JRME
5. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Harmony
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Ionian
Instruments that transpose at the octave
6. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
ASTA
Relative (Major/Minor)
Dominant
Mediant
7. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
Accent
Rhythmic displacement
Homophonic
8. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Tonality
Microtone
Extension
Polyphonic
9. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Ionian
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Programme Music
Absolute Music
10. Scale made entirely of semitones.
MM
Chromatic Scale
Supertonic
Aeolian
11. Maelzel's Metronome
MM
A instruments
Dalcroze
Subdominant
12. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Harmonic
Coda
Imitation by Inversion
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
13. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Comenius
5
Harmonic
Tonic Minor
14. 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.
Cadence
Pedal Point
JRME
Tenor Clef
15. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
8
Anacrusis
Notes of Anticipation
Melodic Sequences
16. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Programme Music
Tenor Clef
Phrygian
Accompaniment
17. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Hocket
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Consonance
Whole Tone Scale
18. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
B flat instruments
Appoggiaturas
Enharmonic
Programme Music
19. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Arco
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Syncopation
Cross Rhythm
20. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Cross Rhythm
Tonal Sequence
Enharmonic
21. Another word for key.
Accompaniment
Tonality
Real Sequence
Cadence
22. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Whole Tone Scale
Cadence
Polytonality
Auxiliary Notes
23. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
5%
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Pull off
Pulse
24. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Harmonic Sequences
Repetition
Imitation by Inversion
Accidentals
25. Journal of Research for Music Education
ABA
Bare chord
Whole Tone Scale
JRME
26. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
Major Scale Semitones
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Repetition
Concert pitch
27. American String Teachers Assocation
Introduction
Kodaly
Tonic
ASTA
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.
B flat instruments
Phrase
Tenor
Extension
29. F- F
Interval
Register
Mediant
Lydian
30. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Sequence
Plagal Cadence
Ostinato
Pentatonic Scale
31. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Programme Music
Ionian
Reasons for Transposing
Chromatic
32. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Accidentals
Inversion
Tonic Minor
Tonal Sequence
33. Glissando in jazz music
Kodaly Method
Rhythmic Imitation
Smear
B flat Bass Transposition
34. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
Repetition
Augmented
Blues
B flat instruments
35. Alto and tenor clefs
Retrograde
Appoggiaturas
C Clefs
Hocket
36. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Programme Music
Timbre
Cor Anglais Transposition
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
37. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Comenius
Whole Tone Scale
Plagal Cadence
Locrian
38. I - V ii - V IV - V
Perfect Cadence
A instruments
Absolute Music
Imperfect Cadence
39. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Introduction
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Cadence
Hocket
40. D- D
Dorian Mode
Alberti Bass
Fanfare
Phrase
41. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Passing Notes
Arpeggio
Irregular rhythm
Bennet Reimer
42. Interval of less than a semitone
Smear
Syncopation
Microtone
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
43. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
45
Hocket
Sequence
Anacrusis
44. 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.
Motif
Articulation
Dorian Mode
Texture
45. Highest natural adult male voice
Mediant
C Clefs
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Tenor
46. Middle C
Inversion
Note that is transposing figured around
Polytonality
Hocket
47. IV - I
Plagal Cadence
Inverted Pedal
Riff
Smear
48. C- C
5%
Kodaly
Ionian
Diminished
49. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Retrograde
Articulation
Canon
Ostinato
50. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Rhythm
Texture
Accidentals
Gordon's Music Learning Theory