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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. D- D
Relative (Major/Minor)
Dorian Mode
Articulation
Antiphonal
2. Music with a single melody line and no harmony.
Primary Triads
Fragmentation
Monophonic
Absolute Music
3. Between 2/3 - 5/6 - 7/8
Pedal Point
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
AOSA
Bassoon
4. C clef sometimes used by the cello - bassoon - and trombone. C is on the second to top line
JRME
Cross Rhythm
Microtone
Tenor Clef
5. Part of the total pitch range of an instrument that has a distinctive quality.
8
Stretto
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Register
6. Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line.
Arpeggio
C instruments
Hocket
Arco
7. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.
Register
Rondo Form
Diminution
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
8. American Bandmaster's Association
E flat Tenor Horn/E flat Alto Sax Transposition
Smear
ABA
Countermelody
9. Consists entirely of whole steps.
JRME
Rondo Form
Fanfare
Whole Tone Scale
10. Rate of speed at which a musical composition is to be played.
Coda
Natural Minor Scale
Phrase
Tempo
11. 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.
Tonal Sequence
B flat instruments
Inversion
Pedal Point
12. Repetition by one or more different voices of a phrase.
Imitation
Enharmonic
Imitation by Inversion
Kodaly Method
13. Scale made entirely of semitones.
Note that is transposing figured around
Pedal Point
Plagal Cadence
Chromatic Scale
14. 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.
Polyphonic
Alberti Bass
Hammer on
Microtone
15. Organization of musical notes in time.
Rhythm
Dominant
MM
Imperfect Cadence
16. Flutes - oboes - bassoons - trombones - tubas - string instruments
Cross Rhythm
C instruments
Locrian
Microtone
17. Natural Pitch
Natural Minor Scale
Friedrich Froebel
Harmonic Minor Scale
Whole Tone Scale
18. Repeating a theme or motif with notes of smaller value (usually half)
Tonic
Diminution
French Horn Transposition
Melodic Minor Scale
19. Sixth tone in a major or minor scale
Figured Bass
Submediant
Contrary motion
Appoggiaturas
20. Piccolo - Guitar - Bass Guitar
Articulation
Harmonic Minor Scale Semitones
Bennet Reimer
Instruments that transpose at the octave
21. Fifth tone in a major or minor scale.
Irregular rhythm
Dominant
E flat Bass/E flat Baritone Saxophone Transposition
Rhythmic Imitation
22. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.
Dominant
Rhythm
Semitone
Sequence
23. Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Motif
Chromatic
Arco
Syncopation
24. Chord that is in a different key to the one before it with no notes in common.
ASTA
Melody
Bye - tones
Unrelated Chord
25. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.
Harmonic
Tonality
Irregular rhythm
Retrograde
26. Second melody above or below the main melody. Descant is a type of countermelody.
MM
Contrary motion
Countermelody
Harmony
27. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Antiphonal
Perfect Cadence
JRME
Melodic Sequences
28. Two conflicting rhythms used at the same time. Also known as polyrhythm.
Chromatic
Dalcroze
Interrupted Cadence
Cross Rhythm
29. Sounds major 16th lower. i.e. major second + two octaves
ACDA
Absolute Music
B flat Bass Transposition
Locrian
30. 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.
Diminished
Binary form
Imperfect Cadence
E flat Soprano Cornet Transposition
31. Maelzel's Metronome
MM
B flat Bass Transposition
Diminished
Rondo Form
32. Bed post - double reed - connected with a bocal
Major Scale Semitones
Bassoon
Semitone
Aeolian
33. V - vi
Interrupted Cadence
Pitch
Glissando
Comenius
34. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.
Syncopation
Hammer on
Accented Passing Note
Friedrich Froebel
35. Intervals of the first phrase are NOT reproduced exactly.
Phrygian
Tonal Sequence
Melodic Minor Scale
Extension
36. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.
B flat instruments
Aeolian
Inverted Pedal
Development
37. Sound that results when two or more notes are played at the same time.
Homophonic
Harmony
5%
Dominant
38. Sounds a perfect fifth lower than it is written. Music is written with a key.
Phrygian
Dorian Mode
Cor Anglais Transposition
Melodic Minor Scale
39. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers
Rondo Form
ASCAP
French Horn Transposition
Fanfare
40. Sounds major second lower. Same as B flat trumpets.
Rhythmic Imitation
Natural Minor Scale
B flat Cornet Flugel Horn Transposition
MM
41. Another word for key.
Interrupted Cadence
Sequence
Anacrusis
Tonality
42. Three part musical form created by repeating the first section without changing. A B A.
Real Sequence
Ternary Form
Blues
Polyphonic
43. Thick or thin - How many instruments or voices are performing together.
Pentatonic Scale
Locrian
Phrygian
Texture
44. Idiophones - Membranophones - Chordophones - Aerophones - Electrophones
Real Sequence
Alto Clef
Hornbostel - Sachs System of Musical Instruments Classification
Irregular rhythm
45. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.
Passing Notes
Imitation
Polytonality
Anacrusis
46. Seventh tone in a major or minor scale
Cor Anglais Transposition
Syncopation
Leading Note
Passing Notes
47. Alto and tenor clefs
Accented Passing Note
Chromatic Scale
C Clefs
Rhythm
48. Minor key with the same tonic as a major one. C major and C minor.
Instruments that transpose at the octave
Plagal Cadence
Enharmonic
Tonic Minor
49. Glissando in vocal music
Relative (Major/Minor)
Portamento
Ionian
Contrary motion
50. Ending section designed to round off a musical composition.
Coda
Major Scale Semitones
Absolute Music
Glissando