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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






4. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






7. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






9. Another word for key.






10. Third tone in a major or minor scale






11. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






13. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






15. G- G






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






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






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






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






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


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






22. American String Teachers Assocation






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






24. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.






25. D- D






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






27. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






28. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






29. Middle C






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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






38. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






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






42. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






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






44. American Choral Director's Association






45. 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.






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






47. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






50. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.