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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






4. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






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






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






7. Highest natural adult male voice






8. 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.






9. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






11. Pick up bar.






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






13. Between 3/4 and 7/8






14. A- A






15. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






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






17. Maelzel's Metronome






18. Made smaller.






19. Tone color or quality of sound.






20. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






21. C- C






22. Third tone in a major or minor scale






23. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






24. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. E- E






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






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






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






31. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






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






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






34. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






35. 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.






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






37. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






38. An unessential note that falls on the beat






39. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






40. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






42. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






46. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






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






48. American Choral Director's Association






49. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






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







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