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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






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






4. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line






5. B- B






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






7. Between 3/4 and 7/8






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






9. Maelzel's Metronome






10. I - V ii - V IV - V






11. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






12. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






13. Scales that share the same key signature (C major - A minor)






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






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






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






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






18. Glissando in jazz music






19. Turning upside down. Change of the relative position of an interval - chord - or melody.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. American String Teachers Assocation






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






29. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.






30. Made larger.






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






32. Second tone in a major/minor scale






33. I - IV - V






34. Based on a chord pattern using primary chords (I IV V).






35. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






36. D- D






37. 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.






38. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.






39. V - I






40. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments






41. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






42. Pure music - not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.






43. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






44. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...






45. (Elementary/Middle School) Every music course meets at least every other day in periods of at least ____ minutes.






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






47. American Choral Director's Association






48. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






50. Music that attemtps to paint a picture or mood - describe an action - or tell a story. Very popular in the Romantic period.







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