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






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






4. 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.






5. G- G






6. 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.






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






8. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






10. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






11. Highest natural adult male voice






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






13. American Bandmaster's Association






14. E- E






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






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






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






18. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






21. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






22. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






23. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






24. Without key center






25. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






26. IV - I






27. Background support for a melody.






28. V - vi






29. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






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






33. How high or low a note is.






34. General music is required until grade...






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






36. V - I






37. Chord without a third.






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






39. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






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






48. American String Teachers Assocation






49. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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