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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






6. Consists entirely of whole steps.






7. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






9. Scale made entirely of semitones.






10. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






11. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






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






15. Chord without a third.






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






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






18. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






21. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






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






23. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






24. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






26. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






27. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






29. 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.






30. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






32. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






33. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






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






35. Distance between any two notes






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






37. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






40. F- F






41. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






42. Glissando in vocal music






43. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






44. 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.






45. D- D






46. Pick up bar.






47. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






49. Highest natural adult male voice






50. V - vi