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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






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






4. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






7. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






10. Without key center






11. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






12. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






14. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






16. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






17. Made smaller.






18. 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.






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






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






21. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






23. Background support for a melody.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Natural Pitch






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






32. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






33. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






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






36. American String Teachers Assocation






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






38. Organization of musical notes in time.






39. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






42. American Bandmaster's Association






43. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






46. V - vi






47. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






49. Maelzel's Metronome






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