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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






2. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






3. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






4. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






6. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






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

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






9. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






10. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






12. General music is required until grade...






13. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






15. 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.






16. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






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






20. D- D






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






22. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






23. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






26. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






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






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






29. G- G






30. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






31. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






32. 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.






33. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.






34. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






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






37. Journal of Research for Music Education






38. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






39. 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.






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






41. Made larger.






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






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






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






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






47. How high or low a note is.






48. Natural Pitch






49. American Choral Director's Association






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