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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






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






4. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






5. Natural Pitch






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






7. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






8. C- C






9. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






10. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






11. Highest natural adult male voice






12. V - vi






13. Glissando in jazz music






14. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






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






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






17. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






18. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






20. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






21. Glissando in vocal music






22. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






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






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






27. Background support for a melody.






28. An unessential note that falls on the beat






29. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






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






31. 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.






32. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






34. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






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






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






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






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






39. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






40. V - I






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






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






43. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






45. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






46. Interval of less than a semitone






47. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






48. Made larger.






49. Organization of musical notes in time.






50. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.