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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Background support for a melody.






2. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






3. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






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






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






6. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






7. G- G






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






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






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






11. Third tone in a major or minor scale






12. Consists entirely of whole steps.






13. E- E






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






15. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






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






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






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






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






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






21. American Choral Director's Association






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






23. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






24. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






25. Made smaller.






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






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






28. Exercises played by beginning pianists using only five consecutive notes of the scale.






29. Without key center






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






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






32. D- D






33. Journal of Research for Music Education






34. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






36. 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.






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






38. Second tone in a major/minor scale






39. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






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






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






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






45. I - V ii - V IV - V






46. Highest natural adult male voice






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






48. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






50. V - vi