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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






3. Without key center






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






5. Increasing the note values of a musical theme - usually to twice their value.






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






7. Glissando in vocal music






8. Come between notes of the same pitch - either a note higher or note lower.






9. C- C






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






11. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)






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






13. Scale consisting of five notes. No semitones. One major third - two minor thirds. All fifths are perfect.






14. Made larger.






15. V - I






16. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.






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






18. 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.






19. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.






25. Rhythmic Gymnastics - teaches concept of rhythm - structure - and expression through movement.






26. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






27. If the pedal is in any part other than the bass.






28. D- D






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






30. Occur in all parts.






31. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.






32. Accenting of a beat that is not normally accented






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






34. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






35. Journal of Research for Music Education






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






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






38. F- F






39. Middle C






40. Tone color or quality of sound.






41. E- E






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






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






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






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






46. How high or low a note is.






47. 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.






48. Actual pitch at which an instrument sounds.






49. American Bandmaster's Association






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







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