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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. D- D






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. American Bandmaster's Association






9. Consists entirely of whole steps.






10. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






11. 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.






12. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






13. Scale made entirely of semitones.






14. 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.






15. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






17. Natural Pitch






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






19. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






20. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






21. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






22. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






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






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






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






26. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






27. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






30. 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.






31. Maelzel's Metronome






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






33. V - vi






34. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






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






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






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






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






39. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






41. Another word for key.






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






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






44. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






45. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






46. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






47. Alto and tenor clefs






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






49. Glissando in vocal music






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