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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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ap
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performing-arts
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music
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. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Staff
Aeolian Mode
Syncopation
Subdivision
2. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Relative Minor
Anacrusis
Blues Scale
Polyphonic
3. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Supertonic
Alto
Bar Lines
Dominant
4. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Anacrusis
5. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Anacrusis
Common Time (C)
Phrygian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
6. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Subtonic
Tie
Key Signature
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
7. A single line of melody
Tempo
Monophonic
Syncopation
Harmonic Minor Scale
8. Each step of a scale
Duration
Scale Degree
Aeolian Mode
Subdivision
9. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Articulation- Envelope
Relative Minor
Subtonic
Tempo
10. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Sharp (#)
Pure Minor Scale
Major Scale
11. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Major Scale
Church Mode
Subtonic
12. The body of a note
Subtonic
Tetrachord
Articulation- Envelope
Note Head
13. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Dissonant
Monophonic
Flat (b)
Pentatonic Scale
14. The smallest interval between two notes
Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
Whole Tone Scale
Half Step
15. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Pentatonic Scale
Baritone
Grand Staff
Tie
16. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Mediant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Sharp (#)
Subtonic
17. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Pure Minor Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
18. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Anacrusis
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Enharmonic Equivalent
Consonant
19. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Ledger Lines
Subdominat
Lydian Mode
Submediant
20. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Mixolydian Mode
Blues Scale
Flag
21. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Meter
Cautionary Accidental
Double Bar Line
Rhythm
22. A set of five lines and four spaces for note writing; each line corresponds to a note with a letter name in between A and G
Mixolydian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Staff
Syncopation
23. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Hemiola
Duration
Staff
24. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Syncopation
Note Head
Anacrusis
Grand Staff
25. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Downbeat
Hemiola
Asymmetrical Meter
Articulation- Envelope
26. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Scale
Dot
Ledger Lines
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
27. The speed of a beat
Asymmetrical Meter
Dorian Mode
Tempo
Supertonic
28. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Hertz
Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
29. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
System
Supertonic
Chromatic Scale
30. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Locrian Mode
Downbeat
Bar Lines
Articulation- Envelope
31. An interval that consists of two half steps
Leading Tone
Downbeat
Whole Step
Meter
32. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Cautionary Accidental
C Clef
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Articulation- Envelope
33. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Mediant
Major Scale
C Clef
Downbeat
34. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Scalar Variance
Flag
Tempo
Bar Lines
35. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Pentatonic Scale
Locrian Mode
Tonic
Grand Staff
36. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Scale Degree
Chromatic Scale
Stem
Mixolydian Mode
37. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Cautionary Accidental
Supertonic
Relative Minor
Subdivision
38. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Phrygian Mode
Double Bar Line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
39. Unit of space in between bar lines
Pure Minor Scale
Locrian Mode
Measures
Relative Minor
40. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
System
Natural Minor Scale
Dot
Church Mode
41. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
C Clef
Articulation- Envelope
Staff
42. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Minor Pentachord
Asymmetrical Meter
Duration
Ledger Lines
43. Series of duration of sound and silence
Phrygian Mode
Flat (b)
Rhythm
Tonic
44. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Flag
Note Head
Natural Minor Scale
Enharmonic Equivalent
45. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Tempo
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
46. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Common Time (C)
Melodic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
47. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Harmonic Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Soprano
Whole Tone Scale
48. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dominant
Aeolian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
49. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Dissonant
Mediant
Submediant
Pure Minor Scale
50. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Compound Meter
Aeolian Mode
Flag