Music Education Praxis Exam

A MIDI instrument can be used to enter notes in music notation software. The quantization function in the software allows the user to designate

The smallest note value that can be imported.

Four Pieces, Op. 15, No. 3 by Clara Schumann-Wieck was written in

1820-1880

A middle school band director points out that when some clarinet players play the written notes (a and bflat) the notes are sharp in pitch. All other pitches, however are consistently in tune. What should be done to have these notes played in tune?

Have them lower the pitch by putting down the right-hand keys. (covering the bottom four keys) is an effective way to fix this tendency while maintaining the relative intonation already achieved.

During a concert conducted by the music teacher, the audience starts to clap during the two movements of a multimovement work. From the standpoint of the performance etiquette, which of the following the most appropriate action for the music teacher to take?

Wait a moment for the audience to stop the applause.

Which of the following scenarios is the best example of music students in an eighth-grade general music class exhibiting intrinsic motivation?

Students understand the relevance of the task to achieving musical goals, enjoy the task, and perform the task to reach the goals.

A band director observes that when he is on the podium during his seventh-grade band class, there is excessive talking in the trumpet section when the woodwinds are playing. Which of the following is the best initial course of action for the director to take to curb the behavior of the students?

Step off the podium and move closer to the trumpet section during instruction.

Which of the following strategies best helps ELL's in a general music class?

Providing students with additional wait time before expecting an answer to a question.

Which of the following arrangers has written most extensively for high school strings?

Sandra Dackow.

Which of the following should come first during a vocal warm-up routine?

Taking a cleansing breath.

In a violin bow grip, which finger should rest opposite the thumb?

Middle finger.

When instrumental ensembles perform Western art music at fast tempos, they often display which of the following problems when playing dotted eighth-sixteenth note rhythms?

Playing the rhythm as quarter-note, eighth-note triplets.

Which of the following indicates the scale degrees in a blues scale?

1, b3, 4, #4, 5, b7, 1

Which of the following statements concerning the National Core Arts Standards is correct?

They describe artistic processes that are common across different art forms.

Which of the following is included in the philosophical basis of the National Core Arts Standards to help establish common values and expectations for learning in arts education?

Specific lifelong goals for students.

Which of the following strategies is LEAST likely to maintain the authenticity of both the finished product and the transmission process in teaching music from a multicultural perspective to middle school students?

Having students sight-read world music examples that have been transcribed into standard music notation. (b/c primarily aural/oral).

School administrators who value music education as a result of reports that the study of music is linked to higher standardized test scores and improved academic achievement are demonstrating a philosophy based on

Utilitarianism (a philosophy that focuses on outcomes that are practical).

A student expresses interest in pursuing a career as a music librarian for a symphony orchestra of a university library. In addition to the study of music, which of the following courses is most essential as preparation for the career?

German.

Which of the following is a primary difference between MIDI and analog recording devices?

MIDI devices do not transmit audio signals; analog devices do.

A music educator wishes to provide a live video stream of a school concert to the general public over the internet. Which of the following statements concerning copyright permissions applies?

If the concert includes works under copyright, permission of the rights holders is required.

Which of the following describes the standard practice for unifying vowel enunciation when singing most dipthongs in the English language?

The initial vowel sound is sustained for as long as possible.

With respect to contemporary usage, put the tempo markings below in order, from slowest to fastest.

Largo, Larghetto, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegretto

Ensemble parts written for B-flat trumpet should be transposed

A whole step above concert pitch

A transposed band score shows the alto saxophone part written in the key of D major. In what key are the parts for horns in F written?

C.

Which of the following representations illustrates the da capo aria form?

ABA

Polyphonic means

Multiple voices, each presenting melodic material.

The balalaika is a stringed instrument commonly heard in the folk music of

Russia

Which of the following statements about the guitarron, played in traditional Mexican mariachi ensembles, is correct?

Its part is primarily played in octaves.

What time period is Arcangelo Corelli placed in?

Baroque

What time period is Muzio Clementi placed in?

Classical

What time period is Charles-Francois Gounod placed in?

Romantic

What time period is Josquin des Pres placed in?

Renaissance

Subito meno mosso

Suddenly with less motion or at a slower tempo

Subito piu mosso

suddenly more movement

Passacaglia

Variations over a ground bass.

Toccata

a virtuoso piece common during the Baroque Period, written in free style with many scales and rapid passages

chorale prelude

Relatively short setting for organ of a CHORALE MELODY, used as an introduction for congregational singing or as an interlude in a Lutheran church service.

Syncopation

temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

Hemiola

a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2 to a division of 3

Rubato

Flexible tempo

Anacrusis

pick up note

Rim shot

(drumming technique) one loud hit

Flam

you know this

Paradiddle

(drumming technique)par-a-di-dle

Imitative polyphonic texture

Texture with multiple lines in rounds

nonimitative polyphony

two or more melodic lines playing distinct melodies

monophony (monophonic texture)

single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment

Homophony Texture

music that features a melodic line supported by chords

Ostinato Bass

repeating bass line

Alberti bass

a pattern of accompaniment whereby, instead of having the pitches of a chord sound all together, the notes are played in succession to provide a continual stream of sound

Cadenza

An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.

musica ficta

In Polyphony of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, the practice of raising or lowering by a semitone the pitch of a written note, particularly at a cadence, for the sake of smoother harmony or motion of the parts.

basso continuo

Baroque accompaniment made up of a bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard plus a low melodic instrument.

Fauxbourdon

Continental style of POLYPHONY in the early RENAISSANCE, in which two voices are written, moving mostly in parallel sixths and ending each PHRASE on an octave, while a third unwritten voice is sung in parallel perfect fourths below the upper voice.

basso ostinato

a motive or phrase in the bass that is repeated again and again

Which of the following statements about the guitarron, played in traditional Mexican mariachi ensembles is correct?

It is played in octaves

Which of the following musicians wrote Gradus ad parnassum?

Johann Joseph Fux

polyphonic

having many sounds or voices

monophonic texture (monophony)

one unaccompanied melodic line

homophonic texture (homophony)

melodic line accompanied by chordal harmony

Heterophonic (heterophony)

Texture in which two or more voices (or parts) elaborate the same melody simultaneously, often the result of improvisation.

Which TWO of the following types of warm-ups are specifically useful to energize the voice?

Humming and ascending and descending scales