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AP Music Theory
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Dissonant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Articulation- Envelope
Locrian Mode
2. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Pentatonic Scale
Sharp (#)
Locrian Mode
Polyphonic
3. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Subtonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
4. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Locrian Mode
Flag
Hemiola
5. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Syncopation
Subtonic
Duration
Lydian Mode
6. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Melodic Minor Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subtonic
Duration
7. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Measures
Note Head
Double Sharp (X)
Chromatic Scale
8. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Minor Pentachord
Ledger Lines
Soprano
9. The speed of a beat
Blues Scale
Dot
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tempo
10. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Sharp (#)
Simple Meter
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
11. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Note Head
Key Signature
Flat (b)
Downbeat
12. A major church mode with no accidentals
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dot
Ionian Mode
Rhythm
13. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Asymmetrical Meter
Anacrusis
Grand Staff
Supertonic
14. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Phrygian Mode
Neutral Clef
Grand Staff
Tempo
15. The smallest interval between two notes
Alto
Mixolydian Mode
Half Step
Syncopation
16. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Half Step
Key Signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
17. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Common Time (C)
Scalar Variance
Tempo
Hertz
18. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Double Bar Line
Compound Meter
Tempo
19. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Double Bar Line
Melodic Minor Scale
Dominant
System
20. The body of a note
Submediant
Pure Minor Scale
Note Head
Articulation- Envelope
21. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Raised Submediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Tone Scale
Half Step
22. Each step of a scale
Aeolian Mode
Stem
Subtonic
Scale Degree
23. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Note Head
Double Bar Line
Subdominat
Leading Tone
24. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Final Bar Line
Subdominat
Supertonic
Scale
25. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Tempo
Blues Scale
Phrygian Mode
Common Time (C)
26. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Polyphonic
Tie
Leading Tone
Sharp (#)
27. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Syncopation
Compound Meter
Cautionary Accidental
Grand Staff
28. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Asymmetrical Meter
Subtonic
Minor Pentachord
Mezzo-Soprano
29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Church Mode
Flag
Compound Meter
30. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Syncopation
Tempo
Cautionary Accidental
Phrygian Mode
31. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Dorian Mode
Baritone
Tie
32. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Flat (b)
Subdominat
Chromatic Scale
Consonant
33. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Mediant
Tonic
Cautionary Accidental
Relative Minor
34. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Ionian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Subtonic
Double Sharp (X)
35. The distance between one wave and the next
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dot
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Ionian Mode
36. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Polyphonic
Syncopation
Simple Meter
Tetrachord
37. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Double Bar Line
Compound Meter
Scale
Alto
38. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Dissonant
Hertz
Natural Minor Scale
39. An interval that consists of two half steps
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Rhythm
Measures
Whole Step
40. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Note Head
41. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Double Bar Line
Asymmetrical Meter
Stem
Mediant
42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Downbeat
Locrian Mode
Key Signature
Flat (b)
43. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Minor Pentachord
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subtonic
44. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Scale
Grand Staff
Dot
45. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
System
Aeolian Mode
Dot
Enharmonic Equivalent
46. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Scalar Variance
Chromatic Scale
Dot
Whole Tone Scale
47. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Downbeat
Compound Meter
Tonic
48. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Minor Pentachord
Hemiola
Subtonic
Common Time (C)
49. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Whole Step
Supertonic
Mixolydian Mode
Scale
50. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Tenor
Mediant
Pure Minor Scale
Ionian Mode