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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






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






7. Another word for key.






8. American String Teachers Assocation






9. Chord without a third.






10. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






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






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






19. Made smaller.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. An unessential note that falls on the beat






29. How high or low a note is.






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






31. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






32. Middle C






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






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






35. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






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






38. General music is required until grade...






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






40. Pick up bar.






41. Alto and tenor clefs






42. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






46. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






47. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






48. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






50. Interval of less than a semitone