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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Background support for a melody.






3. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






4. Organization of musical notes in time.






5. Pick up bar.






6. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






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






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






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






12. I - V ii - V IV - V






13. Alto and tenor clefs






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






15. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






16. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






18. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






20. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






22. C- C






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






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






25. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






26. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






28. Middle C






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






30. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






31. Sounds minor seventh higher.






32. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






33. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






35. American Choral Director's Association






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






37. E- E






38. G- G






39. American String Teachers Assocation






40. 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.






41. Made larger.






42. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






44. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






45. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






48. 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.






49. B- B






50. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar