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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






3. Occur in all parts.






4. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






7. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






8. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






9. F- F






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






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






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






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






14. I - IV - V






15. B- B






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






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






18. American Choral Director's Association






19. E- E






20. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






22. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






23. Maelzel's Metronome






24. A- A






25. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






27. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






29. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






32. Chord without a third.






33. D- D






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






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






36. Sounds minor seventh higher.






37. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






40. Glissando in jazz music






41. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






42. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






43. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






44. Another word for key.






45. 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.






46. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






47. Natural Pitch






48. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






49. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






50. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.