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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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praxis
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1. Made larger.
Polyphonic
Bare chord
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Augmented
2. C- C
Blues
Ionian
Pentatonic Scale
Imitation
3. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
45
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Extension
4. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Tonic
Bassoon
Consonance
Enharmonic
5. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.
Reasons for Transposing
Notes of Anticipation
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Dissonance
6. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Harmonic Minor Scale
Cross Rhythm
Pull off
Motif
7. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Harmony
MM
Consonance
8. Middle C
Register
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Note that is transposing figured around
Submediant
9. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Blues
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Interrupted Cadence
Atonal
10. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Tenor Clef
Portamento
Diminished
Augmentation
11. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Stretto
Riff
Cor Anglais Transposition
Augmentation
12. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Unrelated Chord
Bennet Reimer
Inverted Pedal
Homophonic
13. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Bassoon
Reasons for Transposing
Notes of Anticipation
14. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Repetition
Leading Note
Dominant
5%
15. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Tonic Minor
Articulation
Lydian
Timbre
16. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Reasons for Transposing
Subdominant
B flat Bass Transposition
17. E- E
Inversions of chords
Cadence
ABA
Phrygian
18. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Melody
Riff
Sequence
Pulse
19. I - IV - V
Primary Triads
Inverted Pedal
Accented Passing Note
Passing Notes
20. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
Melody
Microtone
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Cor Anglais Transposition
21. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Diminished
Consonance
Locrian
Arpeggio
22. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Tempo
Real Sequence
Arco
23. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Bye - tones
Homophonic
Rhythmic displacement
Pitch
24. 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.
Fanfare
JRME
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Inversion
25. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Arco
Homophonic
Tonal Sequence
26. Highest natural adult male voice
Tenor
Development
Imitation
Smear
27. 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.
Alberti Bass
Rubato
Imitation
Accidentals
28. Combination of aggreable tones.
Dominant
Portamento
Consonance
Imitation by Inversion
29. IV - I
Plagal Cadence
Chromatic
Tempo
Concert pitch
30. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Dominant
Accent
Whole Tone Scale
Dorian Mode
31. F- F
Lydian
MM
Augmented
Consonance
32. I - V ii - V IV - V
Coda
Imperfect Cadence
Unrelated Chord
Ternary Form
33. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Mediant
C Clefs
Chromatic
5
34. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Development
Chromatic Scale
Note that is transposing figured around
Imitation
35. American String Teachers Assocation
Semitone
Polytonality
ASTA
Leading Note
36. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
Coda
B flat instruments
Hammer on
45
37. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
Bennet Reimer
Five finger exercise
Accidentals
38. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
Real Sequence
5
AOSA
Development
39. American Choral Director's Association
Hammer on
Comenius
ACDA
Perfect Cadence
40. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melodic Sequences
Atonal
B flat instruments
Ionian
41. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Kodaly
Five finger exercise
Auxiliary Notes
Extension
42. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Imitation
Whole Tone Scale
Inversions of chords
Extension
43. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Register
Melodic Minor Scale
Augmented
44. Another word for key.
Whole Tone Scale
Bassoon
B flat instruments
Tonality
45. Second tone in a major/minor scale
Timbre
Major Scale Semitones
Phrygian
Supertonic
46. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Inversions of chords
Tonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
47. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Lydian
ACDA
Major Scale Semitones
Primary Triads
48. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.
Tonality
Cor Anglais Transposition
Arco
5%
49. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Appoggiaturas
B flat Bass Transposition
Plagal Cadence
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
50. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Relative (Major/Minor)
Antiphonal
Harmonic
Interval