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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. IV - I






2. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.






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






4. 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.






5. Glissando in vocal music






6. Glissando in jazz music






7. Without key center






8. 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.






9. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






10. Pick up bar.






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






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






13. Made smaller.






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






15. An unessential note that falls on the beat






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






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






18. D- D






19. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.






20. Sounds a minor third higher.






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






22. Combination of aggreable tones.






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






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






25. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






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






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






28. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






29. V - I






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






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






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






33. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






35. Tone color or quality of sound.






36. B- B






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






41. General music is required until grade...






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






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






44. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






46. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones






47. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






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






49. Gives stopping place to breathe. Signals the end of both small and large musical sections.






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