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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






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






4. Highest natural adult male voice






5. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






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






9. Interval of less than a semitone






10. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






16. Glissando in jazz music






17. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






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






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






22. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






23. Another word for key.






24. American Choral Director's Association






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






26. F- F






27. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






28. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






32. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






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






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






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






37. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






39. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






40. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






42. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






44. Occur in all parts.






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






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






47. 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.






48. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






50. Chord without a third.