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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






2. Chord without a third.






3. Middle C






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






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






6. Without key center






7. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






8. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






9. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






10. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Tone color or quality of sound.






16. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






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






19. 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.






20. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






22. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






23. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






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






28. Sounds minor seventh higher.






29. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






30. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






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






32. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






36. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






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






38. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






39. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






40. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






41. Second tone in a major/minor scale






42. 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.






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






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






45. I - IV - V






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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