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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. 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.






2. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






3. I - IV - V






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






5. General music is required until grade...






6. Another word for key.






7. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.






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






9. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






10. 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.






11. Without key center






12. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.






13. Organization of musical notes in time.






14. IV - I






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






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






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






18. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






19. A- A






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






21. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






22. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






23. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






26. 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.






27. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.






28. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it






29. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






30. Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand - the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.






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






32. Only the rhythm of a passage is imitated - not the melody.






33. 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.






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






35. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.






36. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






37. Chord without a third.






38. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






39. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






41. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending






42. B- B






43. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.






44. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






46. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)






47. Occur in all parts.






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






49. Background support for a melody.






50. F- F