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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Pentatonic Scale
Melodic Sequences
Kodaly
Alberti Bass
2. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Accent
Reasons for Transposing
Polytonality
Register
3. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Harmonic Minor Scale
Smear
Accent
AOSA
4. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
ASCAP
Diminution
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Bare chord
5. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)
Alto Clef
Homophonic
Harmonic
Appoggiaturas
6. I - IV - V
Diminution
Primary Triads
Homophonic
Kodaly
7. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Subdominant
Monophonic
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Tempo
8. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Inversions of chords
Fanfare
Cadence
Coda
9. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Microtone
Inversion
Sequence
Melody
10. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Harmonic Minor Scale
Monophonic
Pitch
Sequence
11. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.
Fragmentation
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Anacrusis
Cadence
12. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Contrary motion
B flat instruments
Homophonic
13. IV - I
Augmentation
Accompaniment
Rondo Form
Plagal Cadence
14. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
Imperfect Cadence
Locrian
Monophonic
15. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Binary form
Harmonic Sequences
MM
Harmonic
16. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Perfect Cadence
Arco
17. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Pitch
Cross Rhythm
Hammer on
Primary Triads
18. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Motif
Timbre
Tenor Clef
19. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Tenor
8
ASTA
Reasons for Transposing
20. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Primary Triads
Monophonic
Sequence
Inversions of chords
21. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
Five finger exercise
A instruments
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Cor Anglais Transposition
22. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..
Comenius
Note that is transposing figured around
Inversion
45
23. Glissando in jazz music
Smear
Appoggiaturas
Countermelody
Relative (Major/Minor)
24. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Sequence
Phrygian
Ostinato
8
25. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Tonic Minor
Retrograde
Accented Passing Note
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
26. Middle C
Note that is transposing figured around
Cor Anglais Transposition
Repetition
Tonality
27. Made larger.
Ternary Form
Natural Minor Scale
Rhythmic displacement
Augmented
28. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
Timbre
Accidentals
Primary Triads
Absolute Music
29. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Contrary motion
Tempo
Accented Passing Note
Perfect Cadence
30. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.
Diminution
Mixolydian
Pulse
Atonal
31. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.
Ostinato
Concert pitch
Riff
Rhythm
32. F- F
Lydian
Pulse
Phrase
Dissonance
33. Made smaller.
Diminished
Ionian
Tonal Sequence
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
34. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Dalcroze
ASTA
French Horn Transposition
Mediant
35. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Binary form
Imitation
Retrograde
Ternary Form
36. Highest natural adult male voice
Tenor
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Harmonic
Timbre
37. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Programme Music
Passing Notes
Harmonic Minor Scale
MM
38. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Mediant
Dominant
Microtone
Inverted Pedal
39. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones
B flat instruments
Pitch
Locrian
Bye - tones
40. How high or low a note is.
Cadence
Pitch
Inversions of chords
Bare chord
41. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
Pull off
Relative (Major/Minor)
Polyphonic
Lydian
42. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Microtone
Accidentals
Alto Clef
Major Scale Semitones
43. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Rhythm
Dominant
Antiphonal
Bare chord
44. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Tempo
Absolute Music
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Irregular rhythm
45. 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.
Cross Rhythm
Anacrusis
Pedal Point
Auxiliary Notes
46. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Kodaly Method
Imitation by Inversion
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale Semitones
47. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Absolute Music
Augmentation
Note that is transposing figured around
Tonic Minor
48. Modification of motif and themes. The main ways of developing a theme are by imitation - sequence - inversion - fragmentation - augmentation - and diminution.
Imperfect Cadence
Development
Texture
Chromatic
49. Background support for a melody.
Rhythmic Imitation
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Aeolian
Accompaniment
50. Sounds minor seventh higher.
C Clefs
Major Scale Semitones
Kodaly Method
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
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