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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






4. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






6. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






7. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






8. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






9. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






10. I - IV - V






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






12. Between 3/4 and 7/8






13. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






15. E- E






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






17. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






19. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






20. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






21. 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.






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






23. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






25. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






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






27. Made larger.






28. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






31. Organization of musical notes in time.






32. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






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






34. Middle C






35. Distance between any two notes






36. B- B






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






38. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






40. Third tone in a major or minor scale






41. Without key center






42. American Bandmaster's Association






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






44. 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.






45. Sounds minor seventh higher.






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






47. Maelzel's Metronome






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






49. Tone color or quality of sound.






50. Second tone in a major/minor scale