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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Distance between any two notes






9. Glissando in vocal music






10. V - vi






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






12. Occur in all parts.






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






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






15. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






18. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






19. American Choral Director's Association






20. An unessential note that falls on the beat






21. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






22. E- E






23. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. D- D






28. I - V ii - V IV - V






29. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






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






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






32. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






34. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






37. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






39. Made larger.






40. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






42. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






43. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






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






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






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






47. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






49. 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.






50. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.