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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.
Coda
Irregular rhythm
Pedal Point
Fragmentation
2. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
B flat instruments
Notes of Anticipation
Augmented
Unrelated Chord
3. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Subdominant
Articulation
Introduction
Dominant
4. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization
Repetition
Stretto
Kodaly
Homophonic
5. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written without a key.
Accidentals
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Extension
French Horn Transposition
6. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Coda
Countermelody
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Primary Triads
7. I - IV - V
Contrary motion
Bassoon
Repetition
Primary Triads
8. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Pentatonic Scale
45
Retrograde
Melodic Minor Scale
9. Interval of less than a semitone
Microtone
Harmonic Minor Scale
Rubato
Texture
10. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Friedrich Froebel
Repetition
Dominant
Chromatic Scale
11. 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.
Imitation by Inversion
Kodaly
Glissando
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
12. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Major Scale Semitones
Tonic Minor
ASCAP
Blues
13. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Binary form
Reasons for Transposing
Tenor Clef
Semitone
14. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
Aeolian
Sequence
Major Scale Semitones
15. V - I
Concert pitch
Natural Minor Scale
Antiphonal
Perfect Cadence
16. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)
Retrograde
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Relative (Major/Minor)
Dalcroze
17. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Inverted Pedal
Chromatic Scale
Appoggiaturas
Arco
18. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Tonic Minor
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Augmentation
Ternary Form
19. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Harmony
Pull off
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Dorian Mode
20. F- F
Phrase
Five finger exercise
Lydian
Tenor
21. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
B flat instruments
Cross Rhythm
Rondo Form
Sequence
22. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.
Dalcroze
Lydian
Semitone
Instruments that transpose at the octave
23. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Kodaly
MM
Harmony
Antiphonal
24. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Chromatic
Sequence
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Arpeggio
25. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Blues
Canon
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
26. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Reasons for Transposing
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Passing Notes
5
27. Glissando in vocal music
Portamento
Pull off
Bye - tones
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
28. Sounds a minor third higher.
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Sequence
Accompaniment
Ionian
29. 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.
5%
Cross Rhythm
Fanfare
Tenor Clef
30. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Extension
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
Leading Note
Rhythmic displacement
31. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
Bennet Reimer
Anacrusis
Passing Notes
Imitation by Inversion
32. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Programme Music
Whole Tone Scale
Cor Anglais Transposition
Natural Minor Scale
33. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Submediant
Melodic Sequences
Subdominant
34. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.
C Clefs
Riff
Sequence
Pulse
35. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches
Tempo
Concert pitch
A instruments
Reasons for Transposing
36. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
45
Atonal
Irregular rhythm
37. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Imitation by Inversion
Pull off
Bare chord
Rhythm
38. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.
Monophonic
Programme Music
Bare chord
Texture
39. Another word for key.
Tonality
Aeolian
B flat Bass Transposition
Absolute Music
40. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
Rondo Form
Bennet Reimer
Augmented
Phrygian
41. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
45
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Rhythmic displacement
Syncopation
42. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Harmonic
Aeolian
Kodaly
Melodic Sequences
43. Background support for a melody.
Hammer on
Hocket
Programme Music
Accompaniment
44. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Monophonic
B flat Bass Transposition
Smear
Tenor Clef
45. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.
Comenius
Retrograde
Inversion
Diminution
46. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.
Accidentals
Pentatonic Scale
Anacrusis
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
47. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Accent
Mixolydian
8
Pitch
48. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Ionian
Locrian
Imperfect Cadence
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
49. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Bye - tones
Tonality
Bare chord
Smear
50. Short - constantly repeated motif. Usually - but not always in the bass.
Tempo
Ostinato
B flat instruments
Natural Minor Scale