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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Alto and tenor clefs






2. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






3. C- C






4. B- B






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






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






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






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






9. Second tone in a major/minor scale






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






11. Glissando in jazz music






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






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

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14. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






15. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






16. I - V ii - V IV - V






17. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






18. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






19. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






21. Organization of musical notes in time.






22. 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.






23. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






24. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






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






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






27. 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.






28. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






29. Distance between any two notes






30. Natural Pitch






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






32. Journal of Research for Music Education






33. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






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






35. Between 3/4 and 7/8






36. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






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






38. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






39. Middle C






40. 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.






41. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






42. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






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






44. D- D






45. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






46. Scale made entirely of semitones.






47. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






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






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






50. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)