Music Education Praxis II with Complete Solutions 2024/Verified

Music Education Praxis II with Complete Solutions 2024/Verified Absolute Music - Correct Answer Pure music, not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music. Accent - Correct Answer Stress placed on a particular note in relation to others around it. Accidentals - Correct Answer Sharps, flats, and naturals placed in front of notes that alter their pitch. Accompaniment - Correct Answer Background support for a melody. Alberti Bass - Correct Answer 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. Alto Clef - Correct Answer C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line. Anacrusis - Correct Answer Pick up bar. Antiphonal - Correct Answer Alternate singing or playing by different groups. Arco - Correct Answer Instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music. Arpeggio - Correct Answer Chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line. Articulation - Correct Answer Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato, legato, accent. Atonal - Correct Answer Without key center