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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. General music is required until grade...






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






3. I - IV - V






4. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






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






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






7. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






8. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






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






10. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






11. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






12. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






13. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






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






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






16. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






17. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






18. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






19. Chord without a third.






20. Made smaller.






21. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






23. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






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






25. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






26. A- A






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






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






29. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






30. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






31. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.






32. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






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






34. Another word for key.






35. Natural Pitch






36. Background support for a melody.






37. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






38. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.






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






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






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






42. Distance between any two notes






43. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






44. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






45. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






46. Glissando in jazz music






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






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






49. Glissando in vocal music






50. 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.