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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






2. Distance between any two notes






3. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






4. 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.






5. B- B






6. American Choral Director's Association






7. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






8. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






11. V - I






12. Chord without a third.






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






14. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






17. American String Teachers Assocation






18. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Middle C






26. 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.






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






28. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






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






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






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






33. Background support for a melody.






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






35. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






36. Alto and tenor clefs






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






38. Pick up bar.






39. American Bandmaster's Association






40. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






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






42. How high or low a note is.






43. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






44. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






45. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






46. G- G






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






48. A- A






49. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






50. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches