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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






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






7. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






8. 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.






9. How high or low a note is.






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






11. An unessential note that falls on the beat






12. Occur in all parts.






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






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






15. V - I






16. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






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






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

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






20. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






22. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






23. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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






26. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






27. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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






30. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






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






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






33. Glissando in vocal music






34. Highest natural adult male voice






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






36. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






37. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






38. F- F






39. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






41. I - V ii - V IV - V






42. Interval of less than a semitone






43. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






44. C- C






45. Chord without a third.






46. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






48. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






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






50. B- B