Praxis II: Music: Content and
Instruction (5114) QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Episode
Passage that does not state the principal subject (esp in Fugue)
Exposition
Section in which subject(s) are announced. In Fugue, Sonata, Concerto.
Fugue
Composition or Section in which subject is answered or repeated by several parts.
Hocket
Splitting up a melodic line between two voices
Leitmotif
Musical theme/motive assoc. w a person, thing, emotion or idea in a drama
Monody
Accompanied solo song
Motet
Polyphonic vocal composition, sacred text
Passacaglia
Pattern of pitches serving as a foundation for harmony.
Partita
Single variation of a theme, set of such variations.
Recapitulation
Section of a movement in which the subjects announced in the exposition are reviewed
Renaissance
1450-1600; rebirth of secular musical activity/ideals of antiquity.
Ripieno
Tutti as opposed to solo
Rondeau
ABaAabAB; one of Formes Fixes
Sarabande
Slow dance in triple meter often emphasizing the second beat
Sonata
To be played on one or more instruments; Work in several mvts for one or two solo instruments
,Sonata form
Used mostly in first mvts; Exposition - Development - Recapitulation
Stretto
Imitation of a subject at a close time-interval
Tetrachord
Scale of 4 notes spanning a fourth (Greek/Medieval); Set of four pitches (Modern)
Toccata
Introductory improvised instrumental piece
Triplum
Second part in early polyphony, set against a Tenor and Duplum
Abgesang
Bar Form - Song form in which first melodic component is sung 2x w/different texts (Stollen); the
remainder (Abgesang) is sung once
Ad Libitum
Details of execution left to discretion of the performer
Aggregate
Unordered set of pitch classes of the chromatic scale
Air
1. Tune
2. Tuneful song in Fr. stage work
3. Eng., Fr. art song w/lute or violin accompaniment
Air de cour
French monodic song
Aleatory
Deliberately leaving choice of pitches, rhythmic values or order of events to chance.
Ambitus
Pitch range of a mode or plainchant
Antiphonal
One group answers the other, perf. method
Archlute
Lute w/extra peg box for long bass strings tuned diatonically. Theorbo
Aria
1. Tune for singing poetry
2. Songful monologue or duet in an opera
Baroque
1. Bizarre, extravagant
2. 1600-1750
,Basse Danse
Family of dances (duple + triple) whose music was often improvised over a tenor cantus firmus
Cadenza
Improvised passage usually placed just before the end of a piece or section
Camerata
Intellectuals and amateurs of arts that met in Florence at the home of Giovanni Bardi (1570-80)
Cantata
1. Composition for solo voice with recitatives and arias
2. Sacred concerto
Chorale prelude
Organ arr. of a chorale played before the congregation sings it
Classical
1750-1825
Concertino
Ensemble w/a few solo instruments
Concerto grosso
Tutti or ripieno - the full orchestra in a concerto
Counterpoint
Artful combination of 2+ simultaneous melodic lines
Courante
Fluent dance in moderate triple meter
Development
Process or section in which a subject is taken apart combined with other ideas and reworked
Discant
1. Treble part
2.improvised or written polyphony in which voices move @ same speed
Dodecaphonic
Composition w/12-tone rows
Duplum
Voice part in early polyphony set against a tenor
Phrase
The shortest passage of music which, having reached a point of relative repose, has expressed a more or
less complete musical thought
Jete
Ricochet; bow "thrown" on string so it will bounce
Spiccato
, Conscious spiccato: slower tempo, player makes bow 'spring'
Spontaneous spiccato: fast tempo, soft dynamics. Short, quick up/down motion by wrist -> bow bounces
Martele
To hammer. Usually performed toward the frog. Fast, well-articulated stroke resembling a sfz.
Staccato
Short separate strokes
Loure
'Pique'
Legato stroke. Dashes under notes w/slurs used to designate the bow changes
Detache
Basic stroke on all bowed string instruments. It changes direction each note.
Soprano
Range: C4 - C6 (high C)
Mezzo soprano
Range: A4 - A6
Contra alto
Range: F3 - F5
Tenor
Range: C3 - C5
Baritone
Range: F2 - F4
Bass
Range: E2 - E4
Portamento
Glissando in vocal music
Trombone, Position VII
E
Trombone, Position VI
F
Trombone, Position V
Gb
Trombone, Position IV
G
Trombone, Position III
Ab
Trombone, Position II
Instruction (5114) QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Episode
Passage that does not state the principal subject (esp in Fugue)
Exposition
Section in which subject(s) are announced. In Fugue, Sonata, Concerto.
Fugue
Composition or Section in which subject is answered or repeated by several parts.
Hocket
Splitting up a melodic line between two voices
Leitmotif
Musical theme/motive assoc. w a person, thing, emotion or idea in a drama
Monody
Accompanied solo song
Motet
Polyphonic vocal composition, sacred text
Passacaglia
Pattern of pitches serving as a foundation for harmony.
Partita
Single variation of a theme, set of such variations.
Recapitulation
Section of a movement in which the subjects announced in the exposition are reviewed
Renaissance
1450-1600; rebirth of secular musical activity/ideals of antiquity.
Ripieno
Tutti as opposed to solo
Rondeau
ABaAabAB; one of Formes Fixes
Sarabande
Slow dance in triple meter often emphasizing the second beat
Sonata
To be played on one or more instruments; Work in several mvts for one or two solo instruments
,Sonata form
Used mostly in first mvts; Exposition - Development - Recapitulation
Stretto
Imitation of a subject at a close time-interval
Tetrachord
Scale of 4 notes spanning a fourth (Greek/Medieval); Set of four pitches (Modern)
Toccata
Introductory improvised instrumental piece
Triplum
Second part in early polyphony, set against a Tenor and Duplum
Abgesang
Bar Form - Song form in which first melodic component is sung 2x w/different texts (Stollen); the
remainder (Abgesang) is sung once
Ad Libitum
Details of execution left to discretion of the performer
Aggregate
Unordered set of pitch classes of the chromatic scale
Air
1. Tune
2. Tuneful song in Fr. stage work
3. Eng., Fr. art song w/lute or violin accompaniment
Air de cour
French monodic song
Aleatory
Deliberately leaving choice of pitches, rhythmic values or order of events to chance.
Ambitus
Pitch range of a mode or plainchant
Antiphonal
One group answers the other, perf. method
Archlute
Lute w/extra peg box for long bass strings tuned diatonically. Theorbo
Aria
1. Tune for singing poetry
2. Songful monologue or duet in an opera
Baroque
1. Bizarre, extravagant
2. 1600-1750
,Basse Danse
Family of dances (duple + triple) whose music was often improvised over a tenor cantus firmus
Cadenza
Improvised passage usually placed just before the end of a piece or section
Camerata
Intellectuals and amateurs of arts that met in Florence at the home of Giovanni Bardi (1570-80)
Cantata
1. Composition for solo voice with recitatives and arias
2. Sacred concerto
Chorale prelude
Organ arr. of a chorale played before the congregation sings it
Classical
1750-1825
Concertino
Ensemble w/a few solo instruments
Concerto grosso
Tutti or ripieno - the full orchestra in a concerto
Counterpoint
Artful combination of 2+ simultaneous melodic lines
Courante
Fluent dance in moderate triple meter
Development
Process or section in which a subject is taken apart combined with other ideas and reworked
Discant
1. Treble part
2.improvised or written polyphony in which voices move @ same speed
Dodecaphonic
Composition w/12-tone rows
Duplum
Voice part in early polyphony set against a tenor
Phrase
The shortest passage of music which, having reached a point of relative repose, has expressed a more or
less complete musical thought
Jete
Ricochet; bow "thrown" on string so it will bounce
Spiccato
, Conscious spiccato: slower tempo, player makes bow 'spring'
Spontaneous spiccato: fast tempo, soft dynamics. Short, quick up/down motion by wrist -> bow bounces
Martele
To hammer. Usually performed toward the frog. Fast, well-articulated stroke resembling a sfz.
Staccato
Short separate strokes
Loure
'Pique'
Legato stroke. Dashes under notes w/slurs used to designate the bow changes
Detache
Basic stroke on all bowed string instruments. It changes direction each note.
Soprano
Range: C4 - C6 (high C)
Mezzo soprano
Range: A4 - A6
Contra alto
Range: F3 - F5
Tenor
Range: C3 - C5
Baritone
Range: F2 - F4
Bass
Range: E2 - E4
Portamento
Glissando in vocal music
Trombone, Position VII
E
Trombone, Position VI
F
Trombone, Position V
Gb
Trombone, Position IV
G
Trombone, Position III
Ab
Trombone, Position II
