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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Third tone in a major or minor scale






2. General music is required until grade...






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






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






5. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






6. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






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






9. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. Middle C






16. Natural Pitch






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






18. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






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






21. Maelzel's Metronome






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






23. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






25. Combination of aggreable tones.






26. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






27. Alto and tenor clefs






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






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






30. Without key center






31. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






32. Highest natural adult male voice






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






34. Interval of less than a semitone






35. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






36. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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






38. 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.






39. Made smaller.






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

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41. Occur in all parts.






42. Another word for key.






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






44. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






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






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






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