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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. G- G
Accompaniment
Major Scale Semitones
Tempo
Mixolydian
2. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Stretto
5%
Sequence
Note that is transposing figured around
3. Tone color or quality of sound.
Microtone
AOSA
Timbre
Consonance
4. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Inversion
Rondo Form
Syncopation
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
5. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Diminution
Pull off
Melodic Sequences
Register
6. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.
Monophonic
Imitation
Five finger exercise
Reasons for Transposing
7. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Imitation
Passing Notes
Accented Passing Note
Cor Anglais Transposition
8. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
Lydian
Absolute Music
Tonal Sequence
9. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Concert pitch
Tempo
Countermelody
Rhythm
10. Middle C
Note that is transposing figured around
Submediant
Tenor Clef
Binary form
11. Without key center
Homophonic
Note that is transposing figured around
Imitation by Inversion
Atonal
12. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Pull off
Irregular rhythm
Coda
Ostinato
13. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Extension
Coda
JRME
Motif
14. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
Melody
Development
Tonic
Retrograde
15. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
ASCAP
Accent
Polyphonic
Microtone
16. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Phrase
Real Sequence
Figured Bass
Smear
17. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
Supertonic
Diminished
Auxiliary Notes
Leading Note
18. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Dalcroze
Appoggiaturas
Imperfect Cadence
Sequence
19. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
JRME
Binary form
Semitone
Blues
20. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Melodic Minor Scale
Smear
Irregular rhythm
Retrograde
21. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Mediant
Repetition
Melodic Sequences
Instruments that transpose at the octave
22. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
Binary form
B flat instruments
Hammer on
Stretto
23. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Locrian
Chromatic Scale
ASCAP
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
24. I - V ii - V IV - V
Imperfect Cadence
Kodaly Method
Accompaniment
Tonality
25. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Cross Rhythm
Chromatic
Appoggiaturas
Ostinato
26. 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.
Melodic Sequences
Microtone
Bassoon
5%
27. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Ionian
Hammer on
Retrograde
Rhythmic displacement
28. E- E
ACDA
Phrygian
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
29. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Pitch
Tonic Minor
Imitation
30. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
Melody
Bye - tones
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Primary Triads
31. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Accented Passing Note
45
Pull off
Irregular rhythm
32. Glissando in vocal music
A instruments
Glissando
Portamento
Relative (Major/Minor)
33. B- B
Locrian
French Horn Transposition
Phrase
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
34. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.
Sequence
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Glissando
Interval
35. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Accented Passing Note
Cross Rhythm
Melodic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
36. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Articulation
Chromatic
Atonal
Kodaly Method
37. Sounds minor seventh higher.
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Note that is transposing figured around
Contrary motion
Phrygian
38. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
5
Development
Imitation by Inversion
Hocket
39. Pick up bar.
Rhythmic displacement
Perfect Cadence
Melodic Minor Scale
Anacrusis
40. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Programme Music
Harmony
C Clefs
Introduction
41. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
JRME
Cadence
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Fragmentation
42. Highest natural adult male voice
Augmented
Tenor
Accent
Rubato
43. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Rondo Form
Arpeggio
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
44. Maelzel's Metronome
Contrary motion
MM
Dalcroze
Diminution
45. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Atonal
JRME
Augmented
Sequence
46. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Kodaly Method
Pentatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
47. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Tempo
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Anacrusis
Extension
48. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
C instruments
5%
Chromatic
49. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Articulation
Coda
Lydian
Retrograde
50. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Rhythm
Accidentals
Antiphonal
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition