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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Sounds minor seventh higher.






3. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






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






5. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






6. D- D






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






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






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






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






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






12. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






13. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






15. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






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






17. Highest natural adult male voice






18. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






20. Made smaller.






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






22. Maelzel's Metronome






23. I - V ii - V IV - V






24. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






25. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






27. Chord without a third.






28. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.






29. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






30. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






31. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






32. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






33. Journal of Research for Music Education






34. F- F






35. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.






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






37. Alto and tenor clefs






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






39. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






40. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






41. C- C






42. Glissando in jazz music






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






44. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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