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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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






2. Highest natural adult male voice






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






4. 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.






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






6. Organization of musical notes in time.






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






8. Natural Pitch






9. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.






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






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






12. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






13. Sharps - flats - and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch.






14. A- A






15. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.






16. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






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






18. Type of counterpoint (polyphony) where one or more voices imitate a leading voice.






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






20. V - I






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






22. F- F






23. Chord without a third.






24. B- B






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






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






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






28. V - vi






29. C- C






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






31. Second tone in a major/minor scale






32. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






33. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






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






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






37. Fourth tone in a major/minor scale






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.






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






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






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






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






47. Sounds Major 9th lower. i.e. major second + octave






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

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






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