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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Occur in all parts.






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






3. Another word for key.






4. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






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






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






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






8. American Bandmaster's Association






9. General music is required until grade...






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






11. Without key center






12. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






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






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






15. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






16. Consists entirely of whole steps.






17. 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.






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






19. Pick up bar.






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






21. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






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






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






24. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






25. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






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






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






30. Alto and tenor clefs






31. Natural Pitch






32. Distance between any two notes






33. C- C






34. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






35. 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.






36. Journal of Research for Music Education






37. Middle C






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. A- A






47. 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.






48. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






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






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







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