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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 without a key.






2. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






5. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






7. C- C






8. 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.






9. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






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






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






12. E- E






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






14. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






15. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






16. Middle C






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






18. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






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






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






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






22. I - IV - V






23. V - I






24. American Bandmaster's Association






25. Background support for a melody.






26. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






27. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






28. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






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






30. How high or low a note is.






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






32. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






33. A- A






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






35. General music is required until grade...






36. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






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






38. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






39. G- G






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






41. American String Teachers Assocation






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






43. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






46. Natural Pitch






47. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






49. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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







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