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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Maelzel's Metronome






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






4. American String Teachers Assocation






5. I - V ii - V IV - V






6. Interval of less than a semitone






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






8. Second tone in a major/minor scale






9. V - I






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

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11. F- F






12. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






14. C- C






15. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






16. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






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






18. Occur in all parts.






19. Sounds minor seventh higher.






20. Sounds a minor third higher.






21. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






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






23. Natural Pitch






24. Highest natural adult male voice






25. G- G






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






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






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






29. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






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






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






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






34. Chord without a third.






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. General music is required until grade...






40. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






41. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






44. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






45. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






47. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






49. 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.






50. Between 3/4 and 7/8