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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






4. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






6. Another word for key.






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






12. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






13. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






14. Maelzel's Metronome






15. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






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






17. Pick up bar.






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






19. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






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






21. Third tone in a major or minor scale






22. American Bandmaster's Association






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. I - V ii - V IV - V






28. F- F






29. 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.






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






31. V - I






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






33. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






34. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






36. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






37. Natural Pitch






38. G- G






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






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






41. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






42. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






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






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






45. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






46. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






48. Glissando in vocal music






49. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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







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