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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






5. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






7. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






8. How high or low a note is.






9. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






10. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






13. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






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






17. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






19. Made larger.






20. IV - I






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






22. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






23. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Maelzel's Metronome






28. C- C






29. Natural Pitch






30. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






31. Consists entirely of whole steps.






32. Alto and tenor clefs






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






34. 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.






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






36. F- F






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






38. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






39. Tone color or quality of sound.






40. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






41. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






42. G- G






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






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






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






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






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






48. B- B






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






50. A- A