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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Journal of Research for Music Education






4. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






5. Without key center






6. D- D






7. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






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






10. Middle C






11. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






12. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






15. 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.






16. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






17. Made larger.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






26. How high or low a note is.






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






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






29. Chord without a third.






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






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






32. Combination of aggreable tones.






33. Third tone in a major or minor scale






34. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






36. Background support for a melody.






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






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






39. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






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






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






44. An unessential note that falls on the beat






45. Between 3/4 and 7/8






46. 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.






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






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






49. Alto and tenor clefs






50. Made smaller.