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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Alto and tenor clefs






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






3. I - V ii - V IV - V






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






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






6. Pick up bar.






7. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






8. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






10. D- D






11. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






13. Background support for a melody.






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






15. 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.






16. G- G






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






24. I - IV - V






25. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






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






27. F- F






28. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






29. V - I






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






31. 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.






32. Sounds a minor third higher.






33. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






35. Maelzel's Metronome






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






37. Highest natural adult male voice






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






39. Interval of less than a semitone






40. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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

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






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






46. Glissando in vocal music






47. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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