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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. American String Teachers Assocation
Subdominant
Homophonic
Hammer on
ASTA
2. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Antiphonal
ASTA
Phrase
Tonal Sequence
3. Distance between any two notes
Tonality
Ionian
Interval
Accent
4. High - clear - pure sound produced on a string instrument by lightly stopping the string at its halfway point.
Semitone
Harmonic
Friedrich Froebel
Concert pitch
5. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Polytonality
Syncopation
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
Reasons for Transposing
6. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
Polyphonic
C Clefs
Subdominant
7. Natural Pitch
Imitation by Inversion
Imitation
Natural Minor Scale
Primary Triads
8. Repeating a rhythm in a different part of the bar.
ABA
Rhythmic displacement
Countermelody
Alberti Bass
9. E- E
Auxiliary Notes
C instruments
Phrygian
Pull off
10. Two part form - A B. The first section modulates (usually to the dominant). The second section is often longer than the first and uses similar material.
Binary form
Major Scale Semitones
Monophonic
Cadence
11. I - V ii - V IV - V
Binary form
ACDA
Imperfect Cadence
Diminution
12. Occurs when a phrase is repeated immediately at exactly the same pitch.
Bare chord
Imitation by Inversion
Repetition
Submediant
13. Instruction on string instruments begins no later than grade...
5
ACDA
Timbre
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
14. An unessential note that falls on the beat
Retrograde
Texture
Accented Passing Note
Mediant
15. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.
Chromatic
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Accidentals
Texture
16. Smallest interval in common use in western music. The interval between one note on the piano and the next.
Semitone
Monophonic
Tonic Minor
Relative (Major/Minor)
17. Without key center
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
C Clefs
Atonal
Portamento
18. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
Auxiliary Notes
Unrelated Chord
Appoggiaturas
Anacrusis
19. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
Hammer on
Leading Note
ASTA
Harmonic Sequences
20. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
ASCAP
Imperfect Cadence
Harmonic Sequences
Rhythmic displacement
21. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Melodic Minor Scale
Alberti Bass
Antiphonal
Texture
22. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
C Clefs
B flat instruments
Texture
AOSA
23. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Stretto
Pull off
Tempo
Arpeggio
24. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Chromatic
Kodaly
C instruments
25. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony
Leading Note
Bye - tones
Stretto
Riff
26. Bars of music before the main tune begins.
Introduction
Countermelody
Passing Notes
Dorian Mode
27. Only occur in the melody over an independent bass.
Glissando
A instruments
Melodic Sequences
Tonic Minor
28. Third tone in a major or minor scale
Mediant
Pull off
Baritone - Euphonium - Tenor Trombone Transposition
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
29. Where a composer imitates a passage - but the second part enters before the first part has ended.
Mediant
Stretto
Interval
Polytonality
30. 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.
Glissando
Note that is transposing figured around
Binary form
A instruments
31. 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.
Arpeggio
Figured Bass
Cor Anglais Transposition
Dorian Mode
32. Glissando in vocal music
Concert pitch
Mixolydian
Rhythm
Portamento
33. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented
AOSA
A instruments
Harmonic Minor Scale
Syncopation
34. Tone color or quality of sound.
Cross Rhythm
Perfect Cadence
Timbre
Pulse
35. American Bandmaster's Association
ABA
Figured Bass
Imitation by Inversion
Pull off
36. IV - I
Register
Plagal Cadence
5%
Appoggiaturas
37. Sounds minor seventh higher.
ASCAP
Retrograde
Atonal
B flat Soprano Saxophone Transposition
38. Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it
Enharmonic
Pull off
Fragmentation
Tonic
39. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.
Auxiliary Notes
ASTA
Harmonic Sequences
Register
40. Child - developmental approach. Quarter note = ta. Eight note pairs = ti ti. Half note = ta - a. Moveable do and hand signs.
Kodaly Method
Bennet Reimer
Motif
B flat instruments
41. How high or low a note is.
Pitch
Tonic Minor
Figured Bass
Auxiliary Notes
42. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tonic
Fanfare
Sequence
43. D- D
Irregular rhythm
Plagal Cadence
5
Dorian Mode
44. 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.
Rondo Form
Fanfare
Antiphonal
5%
45. Needs to be written a minor third higher.
Contrary motion
A instruments
Imitation
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
46. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Plagal Cadence
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
Figured Bass
Extension
47. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
Homophonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tenor Clef
Rubato
48. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Major Scale Semitones
Countermelody
Passing Notes
49. Effect of tension or disturbance made by using discords in music. Jazz uses many colorful dissonant chords.
Imitation
Dissonance
Tonic
Irregular rhythm
50. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Diminution
Pitch
Aeolian
Friedrich Froebel
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