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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






3. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






5. Distance between any two notes






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






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






8. General music is required until grade...






9. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






11. Sounds minor seventh higher.






12. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






13. 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.






14. Sounds a minor third higher.






15. Alto and tenor clefs






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






17. I - V ii - V IV - V






18. Glissando in vocal music






19. 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.






20. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






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






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






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






24. Between 3/4 and 7/8






25. Made smaller.






26. IV - I






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






29. V - I






30. I - IV - V






31. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.






32. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.






33. A- A






34. Journal of Research for Music Education






35. Natural Pitch






36. Scale made entirely of semitones.






37. Second tone in a major/minor scale






38. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






39. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






40. E- E






41. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






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






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






44. Glissando in jazz music






45. 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.






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






47. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






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






49. Exact transposition of each note in a sequence.






50. V - vi






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