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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






4. G- G






5. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






7. E- E






8. Made smaller.






9. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






11. Without key center






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






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






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






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






16. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. American Choral Director's Association






24. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






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

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






27. General music is required until grade...






28. Third tone in a major or minor scale






29. Tone color or quality of sound.






30. I - IV - V






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






36. Consists entirely of whole steps.






37. How high or low a note is.






38. Between 3/4 and 7/8






39. Made larger.






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






41. Another word for key.






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






43. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones







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