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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






2. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






4. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






5. Interval of less than a semitone






6. Chord without a third.






7. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






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






9. Occur in all parts.






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






11. General music is required until grade...






12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






14. Pick up bar.






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






16. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






18. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






23. Third tone in a major or minor scale






24. Another word for key.






25. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






26. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






27. 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.






28. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






29. Organization of musical notes in time.






30. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






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






32. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






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






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






35. Combination of aggreable tones.






36. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






37. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






38. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






39. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






40. V - vi






41. Sounds minor seventh higher.






42. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






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






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






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






46. Glissando in jazz music






47. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






48. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






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






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







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