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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






5. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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






8. Consists entirely of whole steps.






9. Background support for a melody.






10. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






11. American Choral Director's Association






12. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






13. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






14. 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.






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

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






17. Middle C






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






19. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






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






21. A- A






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






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






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






25. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






26. B- B






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






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






29. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






31. Organization of musical notes in time.






32. Interval of less than a semitone






33. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






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






35. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






37. 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.






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






39. Alto and tenor clefs






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






41. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






42. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






43. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






46. Another word for key.






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






48. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






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






50. Highest natural adult male voice