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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






2. IV - I






3. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






4. A- A






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






6. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






7. I - IV - V






8. Second tone in a major/minor scale






9. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






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






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






13. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






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






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






18. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






19. G- G






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






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






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






23. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






25. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






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






27. Interval of less than a semitone






28. 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.






29. Chord without a third.






30. Occur in all parts.






31. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






34. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






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






36. Another word for key.






37. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






38. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






39. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






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






41. Glissando in jazz music






42. 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.






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






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






45. V - vi






46. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






48. F- F






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






50. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending