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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. How high or low a note is.
Pitch
Mediant
Diminished
Ionian
2. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.
Repetition
Smear
Tonic
MM
3. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Retrograde
AOSA
Whole Tone Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
4. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step
Melodic Sequences
Appoggiaturas
Subdominant
Atonal
5. General music courses involve listening - composing - and performing for all students.
Bennet Reimer
Tonic Minor
Reasons for Transposing
French Horn Transposition
6. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Note that is transposing figured around
Augmentation
Rhythmic Imitation
Arpeggio
7. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Tonic Minor
Comenius
Tenor
Harmony
8. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Pentatonic Scale
Glissando
Texture
Pulse
9. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
Alto Clef
Subdominant
Absolute Music
Auxiliary Notes
10. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
AOSA
Bye - tones
Appoggiaturas
Polyphonic
11. Consists entirely of whole steps.
Bye - tones
Semitone
Whole Tone Scale
Blues
12. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.
Cross Rhythm
Cadence
Accompaniment
Accent
13. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Tonic Minor
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Repetition
Five finger exercise
14. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Kodaly
Development
Submediant
15. D- D
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Polytonality
Dorian Mode
Smear
16. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
45
Notes of Anticipation
Atonal
Tonal Sequence
17. Sounds major sixth lower. Written with key signature.
Contrary motion
Tonality
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Figured Bass
18. Natural Pitch
Pull off
Introduction
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic
19. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.
Natural Minor Scale
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Extension
Pull off
20. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
C instruments
Antiphonal
Binary form
Five finger exercise
21. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
Inversion
C instruments
Gordon's Music Learning Theory
B flat Bass Transposition
22. Sharpened 6 and 7 - but reverted to naturals when descending
Bennet Reimer
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Diminished
Melodic Minor Scale
23. G- G
Cross Rhythm
C Clefs
Articulation
Mixolydian
24. A- A
Glissando
Phrygian
Aeolian
Programme Music
25. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
Coda
5
Arpeggio
Atonal
26. Glissando in jazz music
Smear
C Clefs
Imitation by Inversion
Harmonic
27. 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.
Figured Bass
Programme Music
Rondo Form
B flat Bass Transposition
28. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Pull off
Mediant
Programme Music
Dissonance
29. American String Teachers Assocation
Major Scale Semitones
Tenor Clef
Dominant
ASTA
30. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Dominant
Pulse
Smear
Tonic Minor
31. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.
Augmentation
Anacrusis
Phrygian
Dalcroze
32. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.
Sequence
Blues
5%
Dissonance
33. Between 3/4 and 7/8
Rhythmic displacement
Ternary Form
Major Scale Semitones
Rondo Form
34. Maelzel's Metronome
Pulse
Primary Triads
C instruments
MM
35. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Rondo Form
Polyphonic
Development
36. Journal of Research for Music Education
JRME
Ostinato
Primary Triads
Atonal
37. 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.
Chromatic
Antiphonal
Rubato
ABA
38. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.
Alto Clef
Semitone
Notes of Anticipation
Repetition
39. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Enharmonic
ASCAP
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale Semitones
40. Articulation for guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next down and back. Similar to a slur.
Polyphonic
Supertonic
Inversions of chords
Pull off
41. Pick up bar.
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
Anacrusis
Diminution
Harmonic Sequences
42. Chord without a third.
French Horn Transposition
Bare chord
Concert pitch
Tenor
43. 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.
Polytonality
Smear
Harmonic Sequences
Motif
44. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Tenor Clef
MM
Accent
Harmonic
45. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.
Inversions of chords
Repetition
AOSA
Imitation by Inversion
46. General music is required until grade...
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Syncopation
Leading Note
8
47. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)
Alto Clef
Friedrich Froebel
Accent
Enharmonic
48. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.
Imitation by Inversion
ASCAP
Sequence
Rhythmic Imitation
49. Another word for key.
Tonality
A instruments
Kodaly Method
Contrary motion
50. Founder of kindergarten. Advocated dance and music in regards to nature as they played outside. Wrote Mother Play and Nursery songs with tunes.
Programme Music
Phrygian
Friedrich Froebel
Accompaniment