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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






2. E- E






3. I - IV - V






4. 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.






5. A- A






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






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






8. 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.






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






11. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






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






13. V - vi






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






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






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






17. G- G






18. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






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






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






24. Highest natural adult male voice






25. Made larger.






26. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






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






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






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






32. Chord without a third.






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






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






35. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






41. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






42. Alto and tenor clefs






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






44. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






45. 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.






46. How high or low a note is.






47. Scale made entirely of semitones.






48. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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