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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Sequence
Concert pitch
Figured Bass
Inversions of chords
2. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Accompaniment
Interval
Semitone
Atonal
3. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
Absolute Music
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Register
Appoggiaturas
4. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Aeolian
Ostinato
Harmonic Sequences
Reasons for Transposing
5. Made larger.
Smear
Tenor Clef
Augmented
Atonal
6. B- B
Rhythmic Imitation
Cadence
Bassoon
Locrian
7. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Auxiliary Notes
Antiphonal
Reasons for Transposing
Tenor
8. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Tempo
Lydian
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
9. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Rhythm
Bassoon
Monophonic
Semitone
10. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Development
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Consonance
Melody
11. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
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B flat instruments
Dorian Mode
Antiphonal
12. 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.
Monophonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
Glissando
Chromatic Scale
13. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Cor Anglais Transposition
Tonal Sequence
Accompaniment
MM
14. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.
Binary form
Riff
Note that is transposing figured around
Polytonality
15. A- A
Enharmonic
5%
C Clefs
Aeolian
16. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Motif
Homophonic
Irregular rhythm
Natural Minor Scale
17. Glissando in vocal music
Fanfare
Portamento
Stretto
Phrase
18. Occur in all parts.
Dalcroze
Semitone
Inversion
Harmonic Sequences
19. Highest natural adult male voice
Natural Minor Scale
Semitone
Portamento
Tenor
20. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Polytonality
Chromatic
Melodic Sequences
Monophonic
21. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Accent
Kodaly Method
Pentatonic Scale
Bye - tones
22. Maelzel's Metronome
Polytonality
MM
Accidentals
Supertonic
23. Pick up bar.
Anacrusis
Microtone
Whole Tone Scale
Timbre
24. How high or low a note is.
Notes of Anticipation
Pitch
Consonance
Tenor Clef
25. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Melody
Concert pitch
Bare chord
Melodic Sequences
26. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Arpeggio
Pedal Point
Inversions of chords
Whole Tone Scale
27. General music is required until grade...
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Supertonic
8
Extension
28. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Diminution
5%
Phrase
Tenor Clef
29. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Homophonic
Harmonic Sequences
5
Hocket
30. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Accent
Cor Anglais Transposition
Natural Minor Scale
Rondo Form
31. American Bandmaster's Association
ABA
Harmonic Minor Scale
French Horn Transposition
Submediant
32. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.
French Horn Transposition
Syncopation
Bye - tones
Cadence
33. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Accompaniment
Rhythmic displacement
JRME
ASCAP
34. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Programme Music
Dorian Mode
Texture
Tempo
35. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Polyphonic
Motif
Antiphonal
Absolute Music
36. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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37. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Polytonality
Chromatic
Bare chord
C instruments
38. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.
Articulation
Lydian
Auxiliary Notes
Five finger exercise
39. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
8
Figured Bass
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Concert pitch
40. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Dissonance
Rondo Form
Accompaniment
Augmentation
41. G- G
Mixolydian
Perfect Cadence
Tonic
Harmonic Sequences
42. 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.
Tonal Sequence
Pedal Point
Accent
Rhythmic Imitation
43. Tone color or quality of sound.
Timbre
Register
Kodaly Method
Dissonance
44. D- D
Dorian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Arco
45. F- F
Cross Rhythm
Auxiliary Notes
5%
Lydian
46. Glissando in jazz music
Harmonic Sequences
Smear
B flat instruments
Relative (Major/Minor)
47. Combination of aggreable tones.
Major Scale Semitones
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Rondo Form
Consonance
48. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Mediant
Motif
Coda
49. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Arpeggio
Hammer on
Ionian
Repetition
50. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Imperfect Cadence
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Sequence
Dalcroze