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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Glissando in jazz music






9. Combination of aggreable tones.






10. How high or low a note is.






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






12. Made larger.






13. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






14. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






16. D- D






17. I - IV - V






18. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






19. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






20. American Choral Director's Association






21. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






23. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






24. B- B






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






26. Journal of Research for Music Education






27. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






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






29. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






31. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






32. IV - I






33. Sounds minor seventh higher.






34. 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.






35. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






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






40. A- A






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






42. I - V ii - V IV - V






43. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






44. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






46. Distance between any two notes






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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






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