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






3. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






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






6. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






8. Chord without a third.






9. 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.






10. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






11. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






12. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






13. Combination of aggreable tones.






14. B- B






15. Between 3/4 and 7/8






16. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






17. Background support for a melody.






18. A- A






19. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






20. 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.






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






22. American Bandmaster's Association






23. 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.






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






25. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






26. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






27. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






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






29. Journal of Research for Music Education






30. I - IV - V






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






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

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






34. V - I






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






36. D- D






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






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






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






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






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






42. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






43. General music is required until grade...






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






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






46. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






48. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






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






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.