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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. A- A






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






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






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






5. G- G






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






7. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






8. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






9. 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.






10. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






11. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






13. E- E






14. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






15. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






16. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






17. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






18. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






21. Highest natural adult male voice






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






23. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






24. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






25. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






26. Middle C






27. Distance between any two notes






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






29. C- C






30. Background support for a melody.






31. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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






33. Maelzel's Metronome






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






35. Second tone in a major/minor scale






36. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






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






39. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






40. F- F






41. American Choral Director's Association






42. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






43. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






45. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






46. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






49. I - IV - V






50. Organization of musical notes in time.