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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






3. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






9. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






10. Chord without a third.






11. General music is required until grade...






12. Highest natural adult male voice






13. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






14. Second tone in a major/minor scale






15. Journal of Research for Music Education






16. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






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






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






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






20. How high or low a note is.






21. Glissando in jazz music






22. E- E






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






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






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






26. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






28. Combination of aggreable tones.






29. American Bandmaster's Association






30. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






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






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






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






34. Scale made entirely of semitones.






35. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






36. Used by composers in the Baroque period. Numbers underneath the bass line told the performer which chords to play. The bass part was called the continuo. Each number represents an interval between the bass and the note to be supplied.






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






38. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






39. Interval of less than a semitone






40. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






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






42. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






43. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






46. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.






47. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






48. Middle C






49. An unessential note that falls on the beat






50. Made larger.