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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Made larger.






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






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






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






5. How high or low a note is.






6. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






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






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






9. I - IV - V






10. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






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






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






14. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






16. A- A






17. V - I






18. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






20. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






21. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






28. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






30. Sounds a minor third higher.






31. 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.






32. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






34. Between 3/4 and 7/8






35. An unessential note that falls on the beat






36. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






37. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






41. Chord without a third.






42. Third tone in a major or minor scale






43. F- F






44. Distance between any two notes






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






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






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






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






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






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