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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






5. Background support for a melody.






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






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






8. Tone color or quality of sound.






9. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






11. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






12. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






13. V - I






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






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

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16. Consists entirely of whole steps.






17. Combination of aggreable tones.






18. I - IV - V






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






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






21. V - vi






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






23. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






24. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






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






28. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






30. Organization of musical notes in time.






31. I - V ii - V IV - V






32. Without key center






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






34. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






41. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






42. Made larger.






43. E- E






44. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






46. G- G






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






48. B- B






49. Glissando in jazz music






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