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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. G- G






4. 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.






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






6. F- F






7. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






11. American Choral Director's Association






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






13. 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.






14. Another word for key.






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






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






17. General music is required until grade...






18. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






19. Organization of musical notes in time.






20. V - I






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






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






23. American Bandmaster's Association






24. Chord without a third.






25. Tone color or quality of sound.






26. 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.






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






28. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






29. 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.






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






31. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






32. 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.






33. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






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






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






39. An unessential note that falls on the beat






40. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






42. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






44. D- D






45. Made larger.






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






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






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






49. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






50. 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.