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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Pick up bar.






7. Between 3/4 and 7/8






8. Glissando in vocal music






9. 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.






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






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






12. D- D






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

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






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






16. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






17. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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






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






21. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






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






23. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






25. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






28. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






29. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






31. General music is required until grade...






32. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






34. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






35. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






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






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






39. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






40. American Bandmaster's Association






41. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






42. I - V ii - V IV - V






43. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






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






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






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






47. Alto and tenor clefs






48. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






49. Maelzel's Metronome






50. Middle C