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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






3. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






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






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






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






7. IV - I






8. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






9. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






10. E- E






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






12. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






14. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






15. Alto and tenor clefs






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






17. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






19. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






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

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






22. Made smaller.






23. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






25. Natural Pitch






26. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






27. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






29. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






32. Distance between any two notes






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






34. 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.






35. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






37. A- A






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






39. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






41. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






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






45. Maelzel's Metronome






46. Combination of aggreable tones.






47. F- F






48. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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