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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






4. Maelzel's Metronome






5. V - I






6. Highest natural adult male voice






7. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






8. F- F






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






10. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






12. 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.






13. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






16. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






18. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






19. Chord without a third.






20. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






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

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24. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






26. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






27. B- B






28. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






29. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






30. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






31. Middle C






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






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






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






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






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






37. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






38. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






39. Glissando in vocal music






40. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






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






43. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






44. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






45. American Choral Director's Association






46. Another word for key.






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






48. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






49. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






50. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.







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