Praxis II Music: Content Knowledge (0113) Exam Secrets Study Guide: Praxis II Test Review for the Praxis II: Subject Assessments

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Praxis II Music: Content Knowledge Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A thorough overview of musical content knowledge.
• A breakdown of music history and literature
• An analysis of music theory
• An examination of musical performance.
• A guide to musical learning for grades K-12
• A review of professional practices
• 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 Literature section includes:

• Style of music
• Emergence of music
• Inflience of secular music
• Renaissance vs. Baroque
• Pre-Classical Period
• Symphony
• Romantic Period
• Technology and music

The Music Theory section includes:

• Intervals
• Triads and chords
• Scales
• Harmonic analysis
• Dominant functions and structural divisions
• Modulation types
• Musical notation
• Rhythm

The Performance section includes:

• Brass instrument family
• Woodwind instrument family
• Stringed instrument family
• Keyboard instruments
• Percussion instrument family
• History of singing
• Vocalization
• Sight-reading/sight-singing
• Synthesizers

The Music Learning, K-12 section includes:

• Realizing frequency and pitch change
• Absolute pitch
• Exposure to music at a young age
• Theories of musical education
• Brain activity and music
• Exploring rhythm, beat, and tempo
• Teaching songs to young children
• National Music Education Standards
• Music educators assist children
• Accreditation criteria

The Professional Practices section includes:

• Music education benefits
• Goals of music education
• Relationship of music to other subjects
• The Music Publishers' Association
• Public Domain

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Praxis II Music: Content Knowledge 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.
Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual Praxis II Music: Content Knowledge Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.