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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






4. Glissando in jazz music






5. 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.






6. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.






7. Chord without a third.






8. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






9. Pick up bar.






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






11. 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.






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






13. I - V ii - V IV - V






14. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






15. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






17. E- E






18. Made smaller.






19. Highest natural adult male voice






20. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






21. Consists entirely of whole steps.






22. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






23. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






24. 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.






25. G- G






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






27. Third tone in a major or minor scale






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






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






30. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






31. A- A






32. American Choral Director's Association






33. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






34. Sounds major 13th lower. i.e. major sixth + octave






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






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






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






38. Alto and tenor clefs






39. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






40. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






41. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






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

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43. Without key center






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






45. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






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






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






50. C- C