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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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. F- F






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






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






7. Highest natural adult male voice






8. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






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






11. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






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






14. Between 3/4 and 7/8






15. Sounds a minor third higher.






16. 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.






17. Combination of aggreable tones.






18. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






20. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






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






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






23. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






24. American Choral Director's Association






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






26. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






27. 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.






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






29. Second tone in a major/minor scale






30. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






31. Middle C






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


33. Alto and tenor clefs






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






35. 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.






36. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






38. E- E






39. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






40. Background support for a melody.






41. Distance between any two notes






42. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






44. Natural Pitch






45. Glissando in jazz music






46. IV - I






47. Made smaller.






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






49. V - vi






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