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Praxis II Music Education Vocab

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1. Maelzel's Metronome






2. 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.






3. Sharpened leading note ascending and descending






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






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






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






7. A B A C A. Usually sections B and C are in a different key.






8. V - vi






9. Repetition of a musical idea at a higher or lower pitch.






10. Consists entirely of whole steps.






11. A- A






12. American String Teachers Assocation






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






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






15. Smallest complete unit of musical form containing about as much as can be held in a normal breath. Can be two to eight bars long.






16. I - V ii - V IV - V






17. How high or low a note is.






18. Come at the end of a passage and anticipate the final chord.






19. Breaking of a melody into single notes or very short phrases by using rests. The melody is then shared between different voices.






20. Glissando in jazz music






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






22. 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.






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

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24. 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.






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






26. Alternate singing or playing by different groups.






27. Way of playing or singing in which some of the notes are slightly hurried while others are slowed down. Free flowing expressiveness according to the performer.






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






29. Made larger.






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






31. Developing a phrase or motif by making it longer.






32. Glissando in vocal music






33. Interval of less than a semitone






34. American Society of Composers - Authors - and Publishers






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






36. Without key center






37. Alto and tenor clefs






38. Another word for key.






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






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






41. Bars of music before the main tune begins.






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






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






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






45. An annual budget is provided for the replacement of school - owned instruments that is equivalent to at least ______ of the current replacement value of the total inventory.






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






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






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






49. Background support for a melody.






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