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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






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






4. Background support for a melody.






5. Journal of Research for Music Education






6. Between 3/4 and 7/8






7. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






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






9. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






11. I - V ii - V IV - V






12. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






13. Occur in all parts.






14. How high or low a note is.






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






16. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






17. 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.






18. Middle C






19. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






21. 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.






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






23. Pick up bar.






24. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






25. Without key center






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






27. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






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






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






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






31. General music is required until grade...






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






33. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






34. D- D






35. Sounds a minor third higher.






36. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






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






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






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






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






41. I - IV - V






42. Chord without a third.






43. Distance between any two notes






44. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






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






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






47. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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

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49. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






50. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)