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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.






2. F- F






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






4. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






5. Third tone in a major or minor scale






6. Made larger.






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






8. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






9. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.






10. 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.






11. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






13. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.






14. Background support for a melody.






15. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






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






17. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






18. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






19. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.






20. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






21. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






22. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






23. Highest natural adult male voice






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






25. Musical announcement played on brass instruments before the arrival of an important person. Usually played on trumpets and built from the notes of one major triad.






26. V - vi






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






28. Made smaller.






29. Interval of less than a semitone






30. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






31. I - IV - V






32. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal






33. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






34. V - I






35. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






37. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






38. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






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






40. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.






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






42. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






43. American Bandmaster's Association






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






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






46. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






48. A- A






49. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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







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