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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
Harmonic Sequences
Chromatic Scale
Tonic
Locrian
2. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Harmony
45
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Note that is transposing figured around
3. 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.
Rubato
Rondo Form
Bennet Reimer
Dalcroze
4. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Melodic Sequences
Countermelody
Chromatic
Ostinato
5. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Repetition
MM
Note that is transposing figured around
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
6. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.
Phrase
Fragmentation
Bennet Reimer
Tempo
7. G- G
Pedal Point
Rondo Form
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Mixolydian
8. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.
Cross Rhythm
Introduction
A instruments
Friedrich Froebel
9. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.
Pitch
Whole Tone Scale
Imitation
Antiphonal
10. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Semitone
Irregular rhythm
Inversion
Articulation
11. Chord without a third.
Bare chord
Five finger exercise
Real Sequence
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
12. C- C
Portamento
8
Unrelated Chord
Ionian
13. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Ternary Form
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Supertonic
Cor Anglais Transposition
14. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Harmony
Microtone
Polyphonic
Phrygian
15. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Polyphonic
Interval
Hocket
5
16. V - I
Tonic Minor
Friedrich Froebel
Perfect Cadence
Monophonic
17. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Bennet Reimer
Whole Tone Scale
Dalcroze
Portamento
18. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Note that is transposing figured around
Pull off
ABA
Kodaly Method
19. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
B flat instruments
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Countermelody
Passing Notes
20. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Harmonic
Rhythm
Absolute Music
Binary form
21. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Absolute Music
Fragmentation
Harmonic Minor Scale
22. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments
Mixolydian
C instruments
Dissonance
Rondo Form
23. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Cadence
Tonal Sequence
Harmonic Minor Scale
Irregular rhythm
24. Interval of less than a semitone
Absolute Music
Microtone
Mixolydian
Fragmentation
25. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Rondo Form
Tonic Minor
Melody
Introduction
26. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Chromatic
Repetition
Diminished
27. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
Countermelody
Five finger exercise
Interrupted Cadence
Submediant
28. Organization of musical notes in time.
Notes of Anticipation
Rhythm
Leading Note
Interval
29. 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.
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Melody
Bye - tones
Pedal Point
30. IV - I
Plagal Cadence
Reasons for Transposing
Accented Passing Note
C Clefs
31. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Contrary motion
Major Scale Semitones
Cadence
Ostinato
32. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Accented Passing Note
Locrian
Real Sequence
Chromatic
33. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Interval
Rhythmic displacement
5%
Harmonic
34. 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.
Fanfare
Monophonic
Inversions of chords
Imitation
35. American Bandmaster's Association
ABA
Lydian
Augmentation
Sequence
36. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Introduction
C Clefs
Diminution
Rhythm
37. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Natural Minor Scale
Melodic Sequences
Irregular rhythm
Harmonic Minor Scale
38. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Pull off
Inversions of chords
B flat Bass Transposition
Antiphonal
39. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
A instruments
Tenor
Chromatic
Interrupted Cadence
40. Highest natural adult male voice
Pitch
Tenor
45
Passing Notes
41. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
8
Blues
Primary Triads
Augmented
42. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Tenor
Five finger exercise
Relative (Major/Minor)
Inversion
43. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Antiphonal
Pull off
Canon
Tonic
44. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.
Lydian
Polytonality
Imitation by Inversion
French Horn Transposition
45. Tone color or quality of sound.
Phrygian
Polyphonic
Harmony
Timbre
46. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Coda
Phrygian
Pulse
Tonic
47. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Hammer on
Chromatic
Accidentals
Semitone
48. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Locrian
Chromatic
Arpeggio
Instruments that transpose at the octave
49. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Tonic Minor
Dominant
8
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
50. Glissando in jazz music
Pitch
Ostinato
Repetition
Smear