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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






3. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






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






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






8. How high or low a note is.






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






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






11. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






13. 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.






14. Chord without a third.






15. 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.






16. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






18. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






20. Made smaller.






21. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






23. Glissando in vocal music






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






25. Another word for key.






26. General music is required until grade...






27. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






28. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






30. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






32. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






33. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






35. 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.






36. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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


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






39. Without key center






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






41. American String Teachers Assocation






42. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






43. Pick up bar.






44. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






45. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






46. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






47. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






48. Made larger.






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






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