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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. C- C






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






3. Pick up bar.






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






5. Middle C






6. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






7. Without key center






8. Background support for a melody.






9. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






10. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






11. Another word for key.






12. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






13. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






16. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






22. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






23. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






24. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






26. 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.






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






28. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






29. D- D






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






31. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






33. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






35. A- A






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






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






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






39. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






41. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






43. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






45. Journal of Research for Music Education






46. Alto and tenor clefs






47. Sounds a minor third higher.






48. How high or low a note is.






49. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






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