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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






2. V - vi






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






4. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






5. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






7. Occur in all parts.






8. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






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






10. C- C






11. Natural Pitch






12. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






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






14. IV - I






15. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






16. Made larger.






17. 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.






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






19. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






21. Journal of Research for Music Education






22. Distance between any two notes






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






24. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






25. V - I






26. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






27. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






29. Chord without a third.






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






31. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






32. 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.






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






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






35. An unessential note that falls on the beat






36. F- F






37. Without key center






38. 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.






39. Second tone in a major/minor scale






40. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






43. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






44. 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.






45. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






46. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






47. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






48. Combination of aggreable tones.






49. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






50. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.