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






3. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






4. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






5. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






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






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






9. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






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

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






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






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






16. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






17. Occur in all parts.






18. 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.






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






20. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. IV - I






25. V - vi






26. Alto and tenor clefs






27. An unessential note that falls on the beat






28. Middle C






29. Made larger.






30. How high or low a note is.






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






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






33. 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.






34. B- B






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






36. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






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






38. C- C






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






40. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






41. Glissando in vocal music






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






43. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






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






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






48. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






49. Natural Pitch






50. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.







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