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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






6. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. How high or low a note is.






13. Middle C






14. Third tone in a major or minor scale






15. V - vi






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






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






18. Highest natural adult male voice






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Another word for key.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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






38. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






39. Maelzel's Metronome






40. Chord without a third.






41. Organization of musical notes in time.






42. Glissando in vocal music






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






44. B- B






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






46. 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.






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






48. Pick up bar.






49. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






50. Sounds a minor third higher.