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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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Praxis II Music Education Vocab
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1. Music that moves in harmonic blocks (as opposed to the linear way polyphonic music moves)

2. Chord without a third.

3. Interval of less than a semitone

4. Journal of Research for Music Education

5. Without key center

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

7. Background support for a melody.

8. Combination of aggreable tones.

9. Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it.

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

11. Glissando in jazz music

12. Distance between any two notes

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

14. A- A

15. Between 3/4 and 7/8

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

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

18. Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and quitted by a step

19. 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.

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

21. C- C

22. American Orff - Schulwerk Association

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

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

25. Sounds minor seventh higher.