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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Middle C






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






4. Second tone in a major/minor scale






5. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






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






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






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






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






10. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






12. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






13. Highest natural adult male voice






14. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






17. Scale made entirely of semitones.






18. A- A






19. American Bandmaster's Association






20. IV - I






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






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






23. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






25. Background support for a melody.






26. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






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






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






29. 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.






30. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






31. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






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






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






35. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






36. Sounds minor seventh higher.






37. 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.






38. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






39. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






41. Organization of musical notes in time.






42. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






45. Chord without a third.






46. Pick up bar.






47. Sounds a minor third higher.






48. D- D






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






50. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.