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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Middle C






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






3. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






4. B- B






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






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






7. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






9. American String Teachers Assocation






10. I - IV - V






11. Made smaller.






12. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






14. C- C






15. How high or low a note is.






16. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






18. Alto and tenor clefs






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






20. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






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






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






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






26. G- G






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






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






29. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






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






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






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






33. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






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






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






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






37. E- E






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






39. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






40. D- D






41. Combination of aggreable tones.






42. 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.






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






44. Maelzel's Metronome






45. Chord without a third.






46. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






47. Background support for a melody.






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






49. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






50. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.