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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 without a key.






2. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






3. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






4. American String Teachers Assocation






5. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






6. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






7. Another word for key.






8. General music is required until grade...






9. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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






11. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






14. 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.






15. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






16. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






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






18. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






19. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






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






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






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






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






24. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






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






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






29. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






31. Highest natural adult male voice






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






33. American Bandmaster's Association






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






35. Without key center






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






37. IV - I






38. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






39. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






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






41. Glissando in vocal music






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






43. Alto and tenor clefs






44. 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.






45. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






46. Middle C






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






48. Natural Pitch






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






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






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