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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Cadence
ASTA
Note that is transposing figured around
Hocket
2. Natural Pitch
Monophonic
Pentatonic Scale
45
Natural Minor Scale
3. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.
5%
Rubato
Pitch
Figured Bass
4. Sounds a minor third higher.
ACDA
Interrupted Cadence
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Repetition
5. IV - I
Plagal Cadence
Development
Lydian
Rhythmic displacement
6. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Development
Semitone
Smear
Figured Bass
7. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Harmonic
AOSA
45
8. Alto and tenor clefs
B flat instruments
C Clefs
Accent
Bassoon
9. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Friedrich Froebel
Imitation by Inversion
Bye - tones
Locrian
10. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.
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11. Made smaller.
Diminished
45
Monophonic
Alberti Bass
12. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Fanfare
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Pulse
Diminished
13. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Whole Tone Scale
A instruments
Dorian Mode
MM
14. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Unrelated Chord
Perfect Cadence
Accompaniment
Retrograde
15. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
Syncopation
ABA
A instruments
Supertonic
16. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Cor Anglais Transposition
Rhythmic displacement
Syncopation
Passing Notes
17. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
B flat instruments
Tonality
Tonic Minor
Supertonic
18. A- A
Tonality
Aeolian
Natural Minor Scale
Accented Passing Note
19. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Note that is transposing figured around
Tonic Minor
Fragmentation
Homophonic
20. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Ionian
Arco
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Harmonic Minor Scale
21. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
Natural Minor Scale
Semitone
Absolute Music
Polyphonic
22. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
ASCAP
Articulation
Reasons for Transposing
Glissando
23. Pick up bar.
Cadence
Countermelody
Anacrusis
Dalcroze
24. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Mixolydian
Mediant
Augmentation
5
25. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Augmented
Ternary Form
Timbre
Locrian
26. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
5%
Tonic
AOSA
French Horn Transposition
27. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Alto Clef
Chromatic Scale
Enharmonic
ACDA
28. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Cor Anglais Transposition
Cadence
Antiphonal
Stretto
29. F- F
Pulse
Concert pitch
Lydian
Supertonic
30. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Stretto
Rondo Form
Sequence
31. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
Subdominant
Melody
Riff
Comenius
32. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Imitation
Canon
B flat instruments
Portamento
33. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Absolute Music
A instruments
Repetition
Dorian Mode
34. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
ASCAP
Accented Passing Note
B flat instruments
Glissando
35. G- G
Mixolydian
Articulation
JRME
Irregular rhythm
36. Highest natural adult male voice
Sequence
Accented Passing Note
Chromatic Scale
Tenor
37. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Diminution
Natural Minor Scale
Subdominant
ASTA
38. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Tonality
Fragmentation
Accented Passing Note
C instruments
39. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Accent
Chromatic Scale
Tonic Minor
Imitation by Inversion
40. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Melody
Harmony
Pedal Point
Accent
41. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Inverted Pedal
Ostinato
Dissonance
Inversion
42. E- E
Rhythmic displacement
Retrograde
C instruments
Phrygian
43. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Interval
Accidentals
Retrograde
44. Sounds minor seventh higher.
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Atonal
Primary Triads
Inverted Pedal
45. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Microtone
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
JRME
Tonal Sequence
46. 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.
Inversion
Lydian
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Pedal Point
47. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Notes of Anticipation
Blues
Timbre
Auxiliary Notes
48. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
Countermelody
Notes of Anticipation
Alberti Bass
49. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
50. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Kodaly Method
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Inverted Pedal
Augmentation