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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
Retrograde
Motif
Tonality
Concert pitch
2. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
Bassoon
Countermelody
Mediant
Tonic
3. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
B flat Bass Transposition
Blues
C Clefs
Harmonic Minor Scale
4. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Portamento
Glissando
Chromatic Scale
Harmonic Sequences
5. 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
Mixolydian
Pedal Point
Coda
6. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.
Whole Tone Scale
Cor Anglais Transposition
Alto Clef
Inverted Pedal
7. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Lydian
Smear
Development
B flat instruments
8. 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.
Bye - tones
Phrase
Dorian Mode
Coda
9. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
Relative (Major/Minor)
Mixolydian
Hocket
Pull off
10. Alto and tenor clefs
Diminution
Rhythmic displacement
C Clefs
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
11. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Harmonic
Harmonic Sequences
Ostinato
Notes of Anticipation
12. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Inverted Pedal
Accented Passing Note
Articulation
Friedrich Froebel
13. 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.
Primary Triads
Tonality
Kodaly Method
Alberti Bass
14. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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15. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Cor Anglais Transposition
Tonic Minor
Whole Tone Scale
Bennet Reimer
16. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.
Unrelated Chord
Pull off
Tonality
Five finger exercise
17. V - vi
Interrupted Cadence
Ostinato
Motif
B flat Bass Transposition
18. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Melodic Sequences
Atonal
Subdominant
19. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Harmonic
Augmented
Leading Note
Aeolian
20. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Inverted Pedal
Blues
Comenius
21. C- C
Cross Rhythm
Ionian
Real Sequence
Tonic
22. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
5%
Tonic
Augmented
Dominant
23. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Friedrich Froebel
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Reasons for Transposing
Dorian Mode
24. American String Teachers Assocation
ASTA
Melody
Concert pitch
Tonal Sequence
25. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
Mixolydian
Tenor Clef
B flat instruments
Mediant
26. B- B
Locrian
Fanfare
Ionian
Instruments that transpose at the octave
27. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Melodic Minor Scale
B flat instruments
Passing Notes
Locrian
28. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Coda
Extension
Cor Anglais Transposition
Pitch
29. Combination of aggreable tones.
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Augmented
Consonance
Leading Note
30. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Articulation
Tonic Minor
Phrase
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
31. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Relative (Major/Minor)
Ternary Form
Phrase
Diminished
32. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Auxiliary Notes
Diminution
Melodic Sequences
Tempo
33. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Retrograde
5
Arpeggio
Bassoon
34. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Pentatonic Scale
Extension
Interrupted Cadence
Imitation by Inversion
35. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Real Sequence
Notes of Anticipation
Auxiliary Notes
Introduction
36. Pick up bar.
Anacrusis
Stretto
Accidentals
Rubato
37. Maelzel's Metronome
MM
Supertonic
ASTA
Passing Notes
38. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
Unrelated Chord
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Note that is transposing figured around
39. 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
Portamento
Fragmentation
Subdominant
40. Without key center
Polyphonic
Development
Atonal
Rhythmic displacement
41. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Harmonic Minor Scale
Inverted Pedal
ASTA
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
42. 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.
Hocket
Lydian
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Glissando
43. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.
5%
Hammer on
Absolute Music
Comenius
44. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Phrase
French Horn Transposition
Inversions of chords
45. Made larger.
Texture
Irregular rhythm
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Augmented
46. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
Pentatonic Scale
Homophonic
Note that is transposing figured around
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
47. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
ABA
Augmented
Melodic Minor Scale
Smear
48. 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.
Fanfare
Pedal Point
Pitch
Consonance
49. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Articulation
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Real Sequence
Figured Bass
50. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Whole Tone Scale
Kodaly Method
Concert pitch
Rubato