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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






4. Pick up bar.






5. An unessential note that falls on the beat






6. Glissando in vocal music






7. 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.






8. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






10. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






11. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






14. Without key center






15. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






16. American String Teachers Assocation






17. How high or low a note is.






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






19. 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.






20. Natural Pitch






21. B- B






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






23. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






24. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






25. Another word for key.






26. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






28. 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.






29. Middle C






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






31. V - I






32. 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.






33. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






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






35. American Bandmaster's Association






36. Distance between any two notes






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






38. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






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






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






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






42. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






43. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






44. A- A






45. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






46. I - IV - V






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






48. D- D






49. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






50. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.