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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






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






11. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






12. Glissando in jazz music






13. Third tone in a major or minor scale






14. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






16. An unessential note that falls on the beat






17. 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.






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






19. Highest natural adult male voice






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






21. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






23. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






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






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






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






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






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






29. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






30. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






31. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






32. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






33. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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

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






37. Alto and tenor clefs






38. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






39. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






42. Interval of less than a semitone






43. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






45. Occur in all parts.






46. V - I






47. 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.






48. General music is required until grade...






49. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






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