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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






3. Glissando in jazz music






4. F- F






5. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






6. American Bandmaster's Association






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






8. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. Made larger.






17. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






19. Another word for key.






20. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






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






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






23. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






24. An unessential note that falls on the beat






25. Consists entirely of whole steps.






26. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






27. V - vi






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






29. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






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






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






32. Third tone in a major or minor scale






33. Glissando in vocal music






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






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






36. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






37. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






38. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






39. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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

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






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






43. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






44. G- G






45. How high or low a note is.






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






47. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






48. C- C






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






50. Journal of Research for Music Education






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