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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






2. Journal of Research for Music Education






3. Interval of less than a semitone






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






5. Distance between any two notes






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






7. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






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






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






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






11. Background support for a melody.






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






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






14. G- G






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






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






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






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






19. Another word for key.






20. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






21. American String Teachers Assocation






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






23. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






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






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






26. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






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






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






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






30. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






31. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






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






33. Occur in all parts.






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






35. Sounds minor seventh higher.






36. American Choral Director's Association






37. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






38. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






39. Alto and tenor clefs






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






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






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






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






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






45. Highest natural adult male voice






46. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






47. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






50. IV - I