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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. E- E






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






11. How high or low a note is.






12. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






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






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






15. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






16. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






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






18. Distance between any two notes






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






20. 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.






21. V - vi






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






23. V - I






24. Chord without a third.






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






26. Sounds a minor third higher.






27. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






28. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






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






31. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






33. Between 3/4 and 7/8






34. Pick up bar.






35. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






37. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






38. American String Teachers Assocation






39. A- A






40. Natural Pitch






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






42. 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.






43. Another word for key.






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


45. F- F






46. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






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






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






49. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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