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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






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






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






4. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






7. D- D






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






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






10. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






11. Glissando in jazz music






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






13. Background support for a melody.






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






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






16. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






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






19. Highest natural adult male voice






20. American Choral Director's Association






21. Distance between any two notes






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






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






24. Scale made entirely of semitones.






25. I - IV - V






26. Alto and tenor clefs






27. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Middle C






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






39. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






41. General music is required until grade...






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






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






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






45. Chord without a third.






46. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






48. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






49. Second tone in a major/minor scale






50. 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.