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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Irregular rhythm
Monophonic
Enharmonic
Aeolian
2. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.
Figured Bass
Submediant
Polytonality
Rondo Form
3. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Rhythmic Imitation
Smear
Supertonic
B flat instruments
4. Without key center
Register
Ternary Form
Pentatonic Scale
Atonal
5. General music is required until grade...
Accidentals
Semitone
Note that is transposing figured around
8
6. V - I
Reasons for Transposing
Motif
Perfect Cadence
Repetition
7. 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.
AOSA
Introduction
Glissando
Imperfect Cadence
8. Distance between any two notes
Interval
C instruments
Pulse
Pedal Point
9. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Imperfect Cadence
Accent
ACDA
Tenor Clef
10. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Interrupted Cadence
Inverted Pedal
Irregular rhythm
11. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Absolute Music
Retrograde
Tonic Minor
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
12. Made larger.
Chromatic Scale
Augmented
Comenius
Harmony
13. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Hocket
A instruments
Sequence
Polytonality
14. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Alto Clef
Polytonality
Antiphonal
Interrupted Cadence
15. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
Accented Passing Note
Harmonic
B flat Bass Transposition
A instruments
16. Another word for key.
Tonality
Irregular rhythm
Accented Passing Note
Register
17. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.
Pedal Point
Timbre
Lydian
Passing Notes
18. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Alto Clef
Notes of Anticipation
Register
Cross Rhythm
19. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Rondo Form
ASCAP
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Augmentation
20. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Countermelody
Imitation by Inversion
Dorian Mode
Interval
21. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Semitone
Tonal Sequence
Hocket
Polyphonic
22. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Melodic Minor Scale
Syncopation
Ternary Form
Tonic
23. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.
AOSA
Note that is transposing figured around
Motif
Concert pitch
24. 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.
Binary form
Microtone
Hocket
Kodaly
25. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.
Imitation by Inversion
Cadence
Supertonic
Instruments that transpose at the octave
26. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Hammer on
Rhythmic Imitation
B flat Bass Transposition
Accented Passing Note
27. D- D
Syncopation
Hocket
Dorian Mode
Appoggiaturas
28. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
Aeolian
Tenor
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Portamento
29. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Ostinato
Homophonic
Auxiliary Notes
Mediant
30. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.
Rhythmic Imitation
ASTA
Pull off
Aeolian
31. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Leading Note
Dalcroze
Mixolydian
Primary Triads
32. C- C
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Sequence
Ionian
B flat instruments
33. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.
Augmented
Rhythm
Harmony
Fanfare
34. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Tonal Sequence
B flat Bass Transposition
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Pulse
35. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
Rondo Form
Natural Minor Scale
Diminution
36. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Interrupted Cadence
Countermelody
Bennet Reimer
Accented Passing Note
37. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Lydian
Inversions of chords
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Passing Notes
38. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Kodaly
Figured Bass
Portamento
Bassoon
39. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Consonance
Extension
Tonality
Blues
40. Tone color or quality of sound.
Smear
Concert pitch
Subdominant
Timbre
41. Background support for a melody.
Accompaniment
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Harmonic Minor Scale
Bare chord
42. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Bare chord
Cor Anglais Transposition
Tonal Sequence
43. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Imitation
Arco
C instruments
44. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Natural Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Accented Passing Note
Diminution
45. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Canon
Tempo
Articulation
Tonal Sequence
46. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal
Bye - tones
Bassoon
Pull off
Phrase
47. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Plagal Cadence
Notes of Anticipation
Pull off
Real Sequence
48. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Dominant
Appoggiaturas
Motif
Extension
49. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
Melodic Minor Scale
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
MM
Accompaniment
50. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Cadence
Irregular rhythm
Stretto
Primary Triads
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