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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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praxis
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1. I - V ii - V IV - V
Augmented
Inversions of chords
B flat Bass Transposition
Imperfect Cadence
2. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Dominant
Pull off
5%
Tonic Minor
3. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.
Melody
Semitone
Atonal
ACDA
4. Another word for key.
Accompaniment
French Horn Transposition
Anacrusis
Tonality
5. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Polyphonic
Rhythmic displacement
Mixolydian
Fragmentation
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.
Rhythmic Imitation
45
Canon
Phrase
7. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.
Articulation
Accent
Tempo
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
8. American Orff - Schulwerk Association
Inverted Pedal
Cor Anglais Transposition
ASCAP
AOSA
9. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Texture
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Contrary motion
Note that is transposing figured around
10. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending
Notes of Anticipation
JRME
Augmented
Harmonic Minor Scale
11. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Natural Minor Scale
Dissonance
Tonality
Arco
12. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Instruments that transpose at the octave
AOSA
Bye - tones
Arco
13. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Passing Notes
Locrian
Accidentals
Tonality
14. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Mixolydian
French Horn Transposition
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Aeolian
15. Middle C
Riff
Note that is transposing figured around
JRME
Tempo
16. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Auxiliary Notes
Unrelated Chord
Pitch
Hocket
17. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Dissonance
Sequence
Repetition
Pulse
18. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
5
Enharmonic
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Submediant
19. A- A
Accented Passing Note
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Aeolian
Inversion
20. Pick up bar.
Anacrusis
Tonal Sequence
Five finger exercise
Rhythm
21. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Consonance
Syncopation
Harmonic
22. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
Chromatic Scale
Bare chord
ASCAP
Perfect Cadence
23. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Dissonance
Enharmonic
Sequence
Coda
24. Made larger.
Syncopation
Melody
Augmented
Perfect Cadence
25. American Choral Director's Association
Harmonic
Register
ACDA
Fragmentation
26. 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.
Binary form
Tenor Clef
Diminution
Glissando
27. Tone color or quality of sound.
Antiphonal
B flat Bass Transposition
Bye - tones
Timbre
28. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Development
ACDA
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Introduction
29. V - vi
Tempo
Interrupted Cadence
Melody
Absolute Music
30. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Register
Tonality
Auxiliary Notes
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
31. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Concert pitch
Harmony
Stretto
Bare chord
32. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Repetition
Blues
Bye - tones
Contrary motion
33. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Locrian
Syncopation
Reasons for Transposing
Chromatic
34. I - IV - V
B flat Bass Transposition
Leading Note
JRME
Primary Triads
35. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Tempo
Enharmonic
JRME
8
36. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Reasons for Transposing
Augmentation
Cadence
Primary Triads
37. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments
C instruments
ACDA
Tenor Clef
B flat instruments
38. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Programme Music
Appoggiaturas
Interval
Interrupted Cadence
39. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Chromatic Scale
5%
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
40. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Monophonic
Pitch
Texture
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
41. Alto and tenor clefs
Locrian
Augmentation
Retrograde
C Clefs
42. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.
Harmony
Accidentals
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
B flat instruments
43. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Coda
Countermelody
ASCAP
44. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Lydian
Locrian
Figured Bass
45. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Accented Passing Note
Irregular rhythm
A instruments
Timbre
46. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Cadence
Extension
Polytonality
Monophonic
47. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Augmentation
AOSA
Dalcroze
Primary Triads
48. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Aeolian
Rhythmic Imitation
5
Bennet Reimer
49. C- C
B flat instruments
Articulation
Ionian
Primary Triads
50. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.
Note that is transposing figured around
Motif
Dissonance
Cadence