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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Natural Pitch






4. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






6. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






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






8. Glissando in vocal music






9. F- F






10. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






11. Second tone in a major/minor scale






12. An unessential note that falls on the beat






13. General music is required until grade...






14. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step






15. Pick up bar.






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






17. B- B






18. Steady beat that is present in almost every musical composition.






19. Series of tones arranged in a rhythmic pattern - often built by repeating and varying a motif.






20. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






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






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






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






24. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Consists entirely of whole steps.






30. Distance between any two notes






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






32. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






33. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






34. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.






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






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






37. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.






38. A melody moves by inversion if it moves in ___________ when repeated. Sometimes the intervals are not exact.






39. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






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






42. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






43. 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.






44. V - vi






45. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






46. How high or low a note is.






47. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






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






49. 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.






50. Sounds minor seventh higher.







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