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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






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






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






4. Without key center






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






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






7. Educator in Moravian church in 1600s. Believed music ed was instinctual for children who first learn to make sounds through vocalizations..






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






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






10. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale






11. Glissando in vocal music






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






13. G- G






14. Interval of less than a semitone






15. Occur in all parts.






16. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves






17. Phrase is imitated by turning it upsidedown.






18. Background support for a melody.






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






20. Key note. Tonic of C major is C. The tonic triad is C E G.






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






22. Tone color or quality of sound.






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






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






25. Used to give a more melodic bass part and to give variety to the music.






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






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






28. Consists entirely of whole steps.






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






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






31. Natural Pitch






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






33. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






34. American Choral Director's Association






35. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






36. Continuously repeated musical phrase in jazz music - played over changing harmonies.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Rhythms that constantly change or are grouped in a different way.






41. Sounds a minor third higher.






42. Maelzel's Metronome






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






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






45. 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.






46. C- C






47. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.






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






49. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8






50. IV - I