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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






3. E- E






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






5. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






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






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






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






9. A- A






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






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






12. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






13. C- C






14. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






15. 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.






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






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






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

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20. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






22. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






25. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






26. V - I






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






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






29. Interval of less than a semitone






30. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






32. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






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






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






37. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






39. Sounds a minor third higher.






40. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






41. Second tone in a major/minor scale






42. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






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






46. IV - I






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. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






49. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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