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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






2. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






9. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






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






13. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






16. Pick up bar.






17. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






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






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






21. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






25. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






26. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






27. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






28. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






30. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






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






32. I - IV - V






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






34. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






35. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






36. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Alto and tenor clefs






43. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






44. E- E






45. 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.






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






47. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






48. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






49. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






50. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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