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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato - legato - accent.






2. F- F






3. General music is required until grade...






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






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






6. I - V ii - V IV - V






7. Teaching methods help teachers establish ewquential curricular objectives in accord with their own teaching styles and beliefs.

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8. Glissando in jazz music






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






10. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






11. Needs to be written a minor third higher.






12. 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.






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






14. Another word for key.






15. Without key center






16. Clarinets - bass clarinets - trumpets - tenor saxes - baritones






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






18. Sounds minor seventh higher.






19. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






21. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.






22. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.






23. A long held note or series of repeated notes - usually in the bass - above which harmonies constantly change. Tonic and dominant pedals are the most common.






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






25. American String Teachers Assocation






26. Notes that are not in the key of the composition. Romatic period is known as the period of chromaticism.






27. American Bandmaster's Association






28. Background support for a melody.






29. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






32. V - vi






33. V - I






34. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar






35. Between 3/4 and 7/8






36. Form of decoration; Unessential note that is not part of the harmony. Occurs off the beat.






37. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale






38. 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.






39. Pick up bar.






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






41. Maelzel's Metronome






42. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






43. D- D






44. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






45. American Choral Director's Association






46. Natural Pitch






47. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.






48. 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.






49. Third tone in a major or minor scale






50. Trademark teaching methods using solfege hand signs - musical shorthand - rhythm solmization






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