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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






2. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






3. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






4. Natural Pitch






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






6. E- E






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






8. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






9. Second tone in a major/minor scale






10. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






11. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






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






13. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






14. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






16. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






18. 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.






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






20. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






23. I - IV - V






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






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






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






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






28. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






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






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






31. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






32. B- B






33. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






36. Glissando in jazz music






37. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






38. V - I






39. Scale made entirely of semitones.






40. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






41. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






42. American Choral Director's Association






43. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






45. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






46. American Bandmaster's Association






47. Alto and tenor clefs






48. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






49. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






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