MUSIC EDUCATION PRAXIS II EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+

MUSIC EDUCATION PRAXIS II EXAM | QUESTIONS & 100% CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADEA+ 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. 2 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