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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Imitation by Inversion
Appoggiaturas
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Countermelody
2. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Kodaly
Leading Note
Tonic Minor
Repetition
3. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Rondo Form
Tenor
Syncopation
Fragmentation
4. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Subdominant
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Diminution
Tonality
5. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Development
Imitation by Inversion
Accompaniment
Accented Passing Note
6. 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.
Accent
Motif
Development
Tenor Clef
7. Background support for a melody.
Microtone
Binary form
Accompaniment
B flat instruments
8. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
A instruments
Monophonic
Development
Tonic Minor
9. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..
Monophonic
Comenius
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Fanfare
10. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Kodaly Method
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Unrelated Chord
Diminished
11. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Aeolian
Melody
Supertonic
Appoggiaturas
12. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Accidentals
Pull off
Extension
Comenius
13. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Dorian Mode
French Horn Transposition
Cor Anglais Transposition
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
14. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
ASTA
Enharmonic
Plagal Cadence
Alto Clef
15. 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.
Passing Notes
Glissando
Phrygian
Relative (Major/Minor)
16. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Binary form
Accent
Unrelated Chord
Subdominant
17. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
A instruments
Introduction
Rhythm
Chromatic
18. I - IV - V
Sequence
Primary Triads
Imperfect Cadence
Microtone
19. How high or low a note is.
Fragmentation
Friedrich Froebel
Diminution
Pitch
20. Alto and tenor clefs
Bye - tones
C Clefs
Supertonic
Hammer on
21. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Inversions of chords
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Pitch
Cadence
22. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
ASCAP
Alto Clef
Canon
Syncopation
23. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Programme Music
Ionian
ACDA
Plagal Cadence
24. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Melodic Sequences
Hammer on
Passing Notes
Alto Clef
25. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Rubato
Bennet Reimer
Semitone
Pentatonic Scale
26. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Phrase
Arpeggio
Atonal
Major Scale Semitones
27. Distance between any two notes
Cadence
Ostinato
Interval
Harmonic
28. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
Subdominant
Binary form
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
A instruments
29. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Major Scale Semitones
Texture
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Phrygian
30. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
Rondo Form
Reasons for Transposing
5
Interrupted Cadence
31. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Kodaly
Extension
Chromatic Scale
Polytonality
32. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Locrian
Interrupted Cadence
Harmony
Melodic Sequences
33. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal
Bare chord
Bassoon
Polytonality
Diminished
34. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Semitone
Cross Rhythm
Pitch
A instruments
35. Tone color or quality of sound.
Arpeggio
Smear
Timbre
Instruments that transpose at the octave
36. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Tonal Sequence
Tonic Minor
Dalcroze
Comenius
37. V - I
Perfect Cadence
Arpeggio
ABA
Interval
38. Without key center
Primary Triads
Pitch
Atonal
Accompaniment
39. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Whole Tone Scale
Cross Rhythm
Blues
Tenor Clef
40. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
Timbre
Appoggiaturas
8
Figured Bass
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.
Interrupted Cadence
B flat instruments
Rubato
Leading Note
42. F- F
Bennet Reimer
Tempo
Lydian
Locrian
43. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Rubato
Fragmentation
Pitch
Sequence
44. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
Tonal Sequence
Antiphonal
Harmonic
Leading Note
45. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
8
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
A instruments
46. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Pedal Point
B flat instruments
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Note that is transposing figured around
47. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Notes of Anticipation
Subdominant
Syncopation
Mediant
48. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.
Note that is transposing figured around
Diminished
Subdominant
Imitation
49. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
Harmony
Pitch
Polyphonic
50. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Articulation
Atonal
Kodaly Method
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition