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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






2. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






3. Another word for key.






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Distance between any two notes






17. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






18. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






19. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






20. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






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






25. E- E






26. Tone color or quality of sound.






27. American Bandmaster's Association






28. An unessential note that falls on the beat






29. Maelzel's Metronome






30. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






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

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






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






36. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






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






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






41. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






43. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






44. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






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






47. Second tone in a major/minor scale






48. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






49. V - I






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