Praxis II Music: Content and Instruction (5114) Exam Secrets Study Guide: Praxis II Test Review for the Praxis II: Subject Assessments (English Edition)

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Praxis II Music: Content and Instruction (5114) Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the Praxis II Music: Content and Instruction (5114) Exam
• An analysis of music history and theory
• A guide to performance
• An examination of instruction
• A breakdown of professional issues
• An in-depth look at technology
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Music History and Theory section covers:

• Medieval era
• Baroque music
• Nationalist movement
• Triads and seventh chords
• Cadence
• Types of dissonance found in tonal counterpoint
• Physiological mechanisms of singing

The Performance section covers:

• Elements of conducting techniques
• Preparatory, active, and passive beats in conducting
• Role of notes, rests, and time signatures as musical symbols for rhythms
• Importance of warming up
• Tuning strategies in an instrumental rehearsal
• Physical properties behind sound production

The Instruction section covers:

• Benefits of individual student lessons
• Establishing classroom rules
• Principles of sequencing a music curriculum
• Caring for and maintaining stringed instruments
• Tunes suitable for beginning jazz improviser
• Instructional activities to improve beginner students
• Instructional activities that aid intervallic reading and understanding
• Kinesthetic theories of rhythm reading

The Professional Issues section covers:

• Dalcroze method
• Military performance opportunities for musicians

The Technology section covers:

• Proper microphone technique for vocal amplification

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Praxis II Music: Content and Instruction Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

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