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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. How high or low a note is.






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






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






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






5. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






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






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






8. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






10. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






11. Consists entirely of whole steps.






12. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.






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






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






15. D- D






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






17. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.






18. Natural Pitch






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






20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






21. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






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






23. G- G






24. A- A






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






26. Glissando in jazz music






27. 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.






28. Third tone in a major or minor scale






29. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






32. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






33. Between 3/4 and 7/8






34. Maelzel's Metronome






35. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






36. Journal of Research for Music Education






37. 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.






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






39. Scale made entirely of semitones.






40. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






41. Pick up bar.






42. Chord without a third.






43. Smallest unit of musical form. Can be as short as two notes or as long as six. A motif has Clear rhythmic patterns as well as a clear melodic outline.






44. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






45. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






46. General music is required until grade...






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






48. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






49. Another word for key.






50. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.