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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. How high or low a note is.






3. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






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






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






7. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






8. Alto and tenor clefs






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






10. Distance between any two notes






11. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






13. 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.






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






15. Maelzel's Metronome






16. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






18. Glissando in vocal music






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






20. A- A






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






22. Made larger.






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






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






25. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






28. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






30. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






31. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






34. Gliding or sliding from one note to another. Can be shown by a line between notes or by writing the actual notes to be played.






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






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






37. Occur in all parts.






38. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






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






40. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






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






42. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






43. 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.






44. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






45. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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

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48. 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.






49. D- D






50. Second tone in a major/minor scale