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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Third tone in a major or minor scale






3. 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.






4. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






5. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






6. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






8. Sounds a minor third higher.






9. Background support for a melody.






10. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






11. Organization of musical notes in time.






12. A- A






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






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






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






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






17. V - I






18. G- G






19. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






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






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






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






23. Maelzel's Metronome






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






25. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






27. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






28. How high or low a note is.






29. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






30. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






31. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






33. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






34. Interval of less than a semitone






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






36. Distance between any two notes






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






38. Made larger.






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






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






41. Glissando in jazz music






42. Scale made entirely of semitones.






43. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






46. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






47. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






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






50. I - IV - V