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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. American Choral Director's Association






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. An unessential note that falls on the beat






8. Sounds a minor third higher.






9. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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






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






12. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






13. Without key center






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






15. Alto and tenor clefs






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






17. General music is required until grade...






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






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






20. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






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






22. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






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

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






27. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






30. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






31. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






32. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






33. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






34. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






35. Another word for key.






36. Pick up bar.






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






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






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






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






41. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






43. F- F






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






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






46. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






49. 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.






50. C- C