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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






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






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






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






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






9. Without key center






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






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






12. Tone color or quality of sound.






13. How high or low a note is.






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






15. 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.






16. Second tone in a major/minor scale






17. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Made smaller.






23. Alto and tenor clefs






24. IV - I






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






26. Glissando in jazz music






27. F- F






28. Third tone in a major or minor scale






29. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






31. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






32. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






34. Scale made entirely of semitones.






35. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






36. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






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






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






39. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






41. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






42. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






46. Background support for a melody.






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






48. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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