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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Third tone in a major or minor scale






2. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






4. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






5. IV - I






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






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






8. American String Teachers Assocation






9. Interval of less than a semitone






10. 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.






11. I - V ii - V IV - V






12. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






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






14. How high or low a note is.






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






16. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






18. 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.






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






20. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






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


22. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






23. Maelzel's Metronome






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






25. A- A






26. 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.






27. Without key center






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






29. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






30. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






38. V - vi






39. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






40. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






42. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






44. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






45. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






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






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






48. I - IV - V






49. Sounds minor seventh higher.






50. American Orff - Schulwerk Association