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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Simultaneous use of two or more keys.






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






3. American Choral Director's Association






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






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






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






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






8. Unessential note that forms part of the harmony






9. F- F






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






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






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






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






14. Occur in all parts.






15. A composition or part of a composition that can be performed backwards as well as forwards.






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






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






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






19. American Orff - Schulwerk Association






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






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






22. Highest natural adult male voice






23. Made larger.






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






25. General music is required until grade...






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






27. 1. Avoiding ledger lines 2. Provide a better key signature 3. Avoid changing the pattern of fingering for different pitches






28. Without key center






29. Natural Pitch






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.






31. Articulation on guitar produced by sliding the finger from one fret to the next up and back.






32. Second tone in a major/minor scale






33. I - IV - V






34. Tones that sound alike but have different names (C sharp and D flat)






35. Interval of less than a semitone






36. Between 3/4 and 7/8






37. 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.






38. Scale made entirely of semitones.






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Music where two or more equally important melodic lines are combined and woven together with rhythmic contrast happening between the voices.






44. V - I






45. Third tone in a major or minor scale






46. Sounds a minor third higher.






47. For these instruments to sound a major second lower than it is written - their music needs to be written a major second higher.






48. V - vi






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






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







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