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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Monophonic
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Rhythmic Imitation
Supertonic
2. IV - I
Augmentation
Harmonic Sequences
Arco
Plagal Cadence
3. General music is required until grade...
8
Pentatonic Scale
Coda
Note that is transposing figured around
4. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Bye - tones
Antiphonal
B flat Bass Transposition
Introduction
5. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.
Tonic Minor
Note that is transposing figured around
Rhythmic Imitation
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
6. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Introduction
Rondo Form
Tonal Sequence
Pulse
7. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.
Aeolian
Pull off
Polyphonic
Plagal Cadence
8. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.
Notes of Anticipation
Homophonic
Hocket
Five finger exercise
9. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Melodic Minor Scale
Microtone
Enharmonic
10. Sounds a minor third higher.
Chromatic Scale
Kodaly
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Diminished
11. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Chromatic Scale
Friedrich Froebel
Imitation
Melodic Sequences
12. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Imitation by Inversion
Interval
Supertonic
Harmonic
13. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
Articulation
Rubato
Ionian
Tonic
14. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Bye - tones
Mediant
Major Scale Semitones
Cross Rhythm
15. G- G
Mixolydian
Rhythm
Atonal
Inversion
16. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Register
Rubato
Sequence
Ostinato
17. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Stretto
Tonal Sequence
Interrupted Cadence
C Clefs
18. American Bandmaster's Association
ABA
Microtone
Retrograde
Coda
19. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Harmony
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Inversions of chords
Instruments that transpose at the octave
20. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Rubato
Submediant
Contrary motion
Pedal Point
21. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Antiphonal
Inverted Pedal
Timbre
22. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Inversions of chords
Ionian
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Bennet Reimer
23. V - vi
Submediant
Interrupted Cadence
Retrograde
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
24. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Tonic
Dalcroze
Real Sequence
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
25. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Appoggiaturas
C instruments
5%
Melodic Sequences
26. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Dominant
Lydian
Inversions of chords
45
27. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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28. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Tenor Clef
Subdominant
Kodaly
Dissonance
29. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Diminution
Anacrusis
Arco
Contrary motion
30. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Bassoon
Melodic Minor Scale
Polyphonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
31. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
45
Contrary motion
Motif
Auxiliary Notes
32. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Melodic Sequences
Aeolian
Augmentation
Arco
33. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
Alto Clef
Sequence
Absolute Music
Figured Bass
34. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.
45
B flat instruments
Perfect Cadence
Inversion
35. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Subdominant
Figured Bass
Anacrusis
Irregular rhythm
36. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Accompaniment
Diminution
Irregular rhythm
37. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.
Melody
Ionian
Hammer on
Programme Music
38. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Auxiliary Notes
Absolute Music
Relative (Major/Minor)
Note that is transposing figured around
39. Combination of aggreable tones.
Interval
Accompaniment
B flat instruments
Consonance
40. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Texture
Inversions of chords
Whole Tone Scale
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
41. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Notes of Anticipation
Concert pitch
Rhythm
Absolute Music
42. 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.
Bassoon
Motif
Absolute Music
Countermelody
43. B- B
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Locrian
Ostinato
Articulation
44. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Fragmentation
Submediant
C instruments
Diminution
45. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Articulation
Blues
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Rhythmic displacement
46. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
Bye - tones
B flat Bass Transposition
45
Ionian
47. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Bye - tones
Note that is transposing figured around
Tonic Minor
Pull off
48. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Natural Minor Scale
Monophonic
Ternary Form
Bassoon
49. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Retrograde
Glissando
Sequence
Articulation
50. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.
Imitation
Harmony
Fanfare
Augmented