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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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praxis
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1. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
Fanfare
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Anacrusis
Imitation by Inversion
2. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Whole Tone Scale
Rhythmic displacement
Motif
Real Sequence
3. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Leading Note
Microtone
Imitation by Inversion
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
4. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Contrary motion
Alberti Bass
Irregular rhythm
Pull off
5. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Aeolian
Texture
Consonance
Portamento
6. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Blues
Harmony
Diminution
Hammer on
7. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Augmented
Retrograde
French Horn Transposition
Unrelated Chord
8. D- D
Dorian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Ostinato
Aeolian
9. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Pull off
Bye - tones
Bare chord
Melodic Minor Scale
10. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Harmonic Minor Scale
Blues
Phrygian
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
11. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Imitation by Inversion
Appoggiaturas
Phrase
12. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
A instruments
Monophonic
Leading Note
Polytonality
13. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Sequence
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
B flat instruments
Primary Triads
14. Glissando in vocal music
ASTA
Portamento
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
ABA
15. I - IV - V
Chromatic Scale
Inversion
Primary Triads
Ternary Form
16. 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.
Alberti Bass
Canon
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Timbre
17. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
Concert pitch
Glissando
Melody
Plagal Cadence
18. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melodic Sequences
Microtone
Cadence
Polytonality
19. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Accidentals
Absolute Music
Ostinato
Tenor Clef
20. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Dominant
Cor Anglais Transposition
Comenius
Submediant
21. IV - I
B flat Bass Transposition
Development
Plagal Cadence
Harmonic
22. Occur in all parts.
Irregular rhythm
8
Coda
Harmonic Sequences
23. 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
Fanfare
Syncopation
Extension
24. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Kodaly Method
Comenius
Canon
25. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
B flat Bass Transposition
Passing Notes
Tonality
Inversions of chords
26. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Harmonic Minor Scale
Contrary motion
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
JRME
27. B- B
Development
Supertonic
Plagal Cadence
Locrian
28. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Locrian
Polytonality
Augmented
Dalcroze
29. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
AOSA
Melody
Diminution
Enharmonic
30. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
Relative (Major/Minor)
Syncopation
Hammer on
Countermelody
31. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
B flat instruments
Introduction
Arpeggio
Homophonic
32. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Stretto
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Retrograde
Dissonance
33. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Alberti Bass
Homophonic
Ternary Form
Tonic
34. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
French Horn Transposition
Harmonic Minor Scale
Glissando
Tonal Sequence
35. Chord without a third.
Perfect Cadence
Irregular rhythm
Bare chord
Pedal Point
36. A- A
MM
Absolute Music
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Aeolian
37. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
Alberti Bass
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Rubato
38. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Augmented
45
Passing Notes
Tonic
39. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
Programme Music
Alberti Bass
Reasons for Transposing
40. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Extension
Rondo Form
Interrupted Cadence
Diminution
41. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.
Portamento
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Rubato
Bennet Reimer
42. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Enharmonic
Texture
Cross Rhythm
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
43. Without key center
Polyphonic
Hocket
French Horn Transposition
Atonal
44. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
Stretto
Inverted Pedal
Introduction
45. 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.
Ostinato
B flat instruments
Cross Rhythm
Glissando
46. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Accent
Homophonic
Aeolian
Auxiliary Notes
47. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Real Sequence
Subdominant
Mixolydian
Dorian Mode
48. C- C
Monophonic
Ionian
Countermelody
Rondo Form
49. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Semitone
Diminution
Contrary motion
Absolute Music
50. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Tonic Minor
Repetition
A instruments
Inversion