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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






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






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






4. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






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






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






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






8. D- D






9. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






10. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






11. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






12. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






13. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






14. Glissando in vocal music






15. I - IV - V






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. IV - I






22. Occur in all parts.






23. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






24. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






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






26. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






27. B- B






28. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






29. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






30. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






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






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






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






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






35. Chord without a third.






36. A- A






37. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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






40. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






41. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






42. Sounds minor seventh higher.






43. Without key center






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






45. 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.






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






47. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






48. C- C






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






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