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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






4. Consists entirely of whole steps.






5. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






6. I - IV - V






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






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






9. American Choral Director's Association






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






11. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






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






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






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






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






16. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Interval of less than a semitone






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. V - vi






36. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






37. Tone color or quality of sound.






38. IV - I






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






40. How high or low a note is.






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






42. C- C






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






44. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






45. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






46. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






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






48. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






49. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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