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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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praxis
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
Rhythmic displacement
Homophonic
Bye - tones
Monophonic
2. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Supertonic
Chromatic Scale
Canon
Comenius
3. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Tonal Sequence
Aeolian
Polyphonic
Extension
4. American String Teachers Assocation
ASTA
Anacrusis
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Syncopation
5. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Tonic Minor
Inversions of chords
Imperfect Cadence
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
6. D- D
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Texture
Figured Bass
Dorian Mode
7. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Kodaly Method
Tenor Clef
Rondo Form
Ternary Form
8. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Locrian
Introduction
Hammer on
5
9. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Bare chord
Major Scale Semitones
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Semitone
10. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Polyphonic
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Locrian
Cross Rhythm
11. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Dominant
Pedal Point
Introduction
Enharmonic
12. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale
Leading Note
Natural Minor Scale
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Subdominant
13. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
Riff
Melodic Minor Scale
Subdominant
A instruments
14. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Extension
Augmentation
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Sequence
15. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.
Timbre
Real Sequence
Enharmonic
Appoggiaturas
16. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Tonic
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Antiphonal
Atonal
17. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Leading Note
Bassoon
Diminished
Tenor Clef
18. Alto and tenor clefs
C Clefs
Fanfare
Submediant
Accidentals
19. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Diminution
Five finger exercise
Ostinato
ASTA
20. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Polytonality
Submediant
Anacrusis
Pitch
21. I - IV - V
Fragmentation
Primary Triads
Tonal Sequence
ASTA
22. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.
Repetition
Imitation
Harmonic Minor Scale
Riff
23. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Interrupted Cadence
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Development
Glissando
24. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Arco
Ostinato
Enharmonic
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
25. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.
Microtone
Semitone
Cadence
Lydian
26. A- A
Arco
Aeolian
Tonality
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
27. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).
Blues
Rondo Form
Coda
Friedrich Froebel
28. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Major Scale Semitones
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Chromatic
Accented Passing Note
29. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Harmony
Inverted Pedal
Pull off
Polytonality
30. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Introduction
Mixolydian
Primary Triads
Inverted Pedal
31. Tone color or quality of sound.
Phrygian
Tonic Minor
Timbre
Monophonic
32. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Development
Harmony
Mixolydian
Notes of Anticipation
33. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
8
Absolute Music
Atonal
Plagal Cadence
34. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Rhythm
Accent
Supertonic
Harmonic
35. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Pentatonic Scale
Passing Notes
Irregular rhythm
Whole Tone Scale
36. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Auxiliary Notes
Pedal Point
Mediant
Locrian
37. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
Relative (Major/Minor)
Hammer on
Melodic Minor Scale
Absolute Music
38. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Subdominant
Auxiliary Notes
Reasons for Transposing
Chromatic
39. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Blues
Subdominant
Tonal Sequence
Harmonic Minor Scale
40. Sounds minor seventh higher.
Subdominant
Melody
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
ACDA
41. 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.
Rubato
Phrase
Introduction
Pulse
42. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.
Bye - tones
B flat Bass Transposition
Ionian
Hocket
43. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
Microtone
Rubato
Concert pitch
Harmonic Sequences
44. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Dominant
Programme Music
Hammer on
Locrian
45. C- C
Augmented
Ionian
Bennet Reimer
Chromatic Scale
46. Organization of musical notes in time.
Introduction
Appoggiaturas
Phrygian
Rhythm
47. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Fragmentation
Riff
Inversion
Reasons for Transposing
48. Glissando in jazz music
Smear
Harmony
Concert pitch
Melodic Minor Scale
49. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Interval
Chromatic
Phrygian
ASCAP
50. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
Programme Music
Development
B flat Bass Transposition
Appoggiaturas