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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






3. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






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






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






6. Without key center






7. American Bandmaster's Association






8. IV - I






9. Distance between any two notes






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






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






12. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






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






15. Organization of musical notes in time.






16. Background support for a melody.






17. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






18. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






22. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






25. Interval of less than a semitone






26. F- F






27. C- C






28. Another word for key.






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






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






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






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






33. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






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






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






36. Middle C






37. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






40. 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.






41. Scale made entirely of semitones.






42. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






43. 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.






44. I - IV - V






45. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






47. How high or low a note is.






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






49. 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.






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