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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Alto and tenor clefs
Lydian
Blues
Texture
C Clefs
2. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ionian
Tonality
5%
3. C- C
Interrupted Cadence
Ionian
Riff
Notes of Anticipation
4. B- B
Chromatic Scale
Locrian
Figured Bass
Articulation
5. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
French Horn Transposition
Melody
MM
Cor Anglais Transposition
6. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Register
Kodaly Method
Tonic Minor
AOSA
7. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Tonic Minor
Comenius
Cadence
Five finger exercise
8. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
MM
Dalcroze
Glissando
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
9. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Introduction
Supertonic
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Inverted Pedal
10. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Tonal Sequence
Monophonic
Locrian
C instruments
11. Glissando in jazz music
Harmonic Sequences
Smear
Perfect Cadence
Repetition
12. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Contrary motion
Fragmentation
Development
Concert pitch
13. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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14. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Ionian
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Ternary Form
15. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
ABA
ASCAP
C Clefs
Introduction
16. I - V ii - V IV - V
Imperfect Cadence
Interrupted Cadence
Tenor
Arpeggio
17. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Pulse
Bye - tones
Relative (Major/Minor)
Mediant
18. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Rhythmic displacement
Melodic Sequences
Chromatic
Locrian
19. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Stretto
Melodic Sequences
Real Sequence
Harmonic
20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Pitch
Dissonance
French Horn Transposition
Antiphonal
21. Organization of musical notes in time.
Cor Anglais Transposition
Rondo Form
Pentatonic Scale
Rhythm
22. 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.
Tenor
Figured Bass
Riff
Homophonic
23. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Note that is transposing figured around
Ternary Form
Timbre
Contrary motion
24. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Inversions of chords
Monophonic
Polytonality
Introduction
25. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
Countermelody
8
Whole Tone Scale
Accented Passing Note
26. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Atonal
Phrase
Augmentation
27. 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.
Rondo Form
45
Tonic
Phrase
28. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
Accidentals
AOSA
Aeolian
Repetition
29. Distance between any two notes
Pedal Point
Bare chord
Harmony
Interval
30. Natural Pitch
Imitation
Pulse
Plagal Cadence
Natural Minor Scale
31. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
Alto Clef
Rubato
Ternary Form
Microtone
32. Journal of Research for Music Education
C instruments
Pull off
JRME
Atonal
33. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Mixolydian
Kodaly
Fragmentation
Development
34. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Development
Note that is transposing figured around
Augmented
Rhythmic Imitation
35. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Plagal Cadence
Bennet Reimer
Cross Rhythm
Major Scale Semitones
36. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Atonal
ASTA
Binary form
Coda
37. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Relative (Major/Minor)
B flat instruments
Extension
38. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
Five finger exercise
Concert pitch
Introduction
8
39. Middle C
Note that is transposing figured around
C Clefs
Semitone
Comenius
40. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.
ABA
Pull off
Leading Note
Pedal Point
41. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Subdominant
Coda
Polytonality
Semitone
42. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Contrary motion
Phrase
Cadence
43. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Antiphonal
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Pentatonic Scale
Bassoon
44. D- D
Locrian
Portamento
Dorian Mode
Atonal
45. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
45
Harmony
Natural Minor Scale
Rhythmic Imitation
46. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Chromatic Scale
Stretto
Syncopation
Tempo
47. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Arco
Unrelated Chord
Register
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
48. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Hocket
Ostinato
C Clefs
Supertonic
49. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Articulation
Imitation
Texture
Melodic Sequences
50. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Inverted Pedal
Aeolian
ACDA
Diminution