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AP Music Theory

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1. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






2. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






3. Series of duration of sound and silence






4. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






5. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






6. Indicates the end of a piece of music






7. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






8. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






9. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






10. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






11. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






12. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






13. A single line of melody






14. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






15. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






16. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






17. The speed of a beat






18. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






19. The body of a note






20. 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






21. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






22. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






23. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






25. The smallest interval between two notes






26. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






27. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






28. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






30. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






31. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






32. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






33. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






34. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value






35. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






36. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






37. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






38. Unit of space in between bar lines






39. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






40. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






41. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






42. A major church mode with no accidentals






43. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






44. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






46. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






47. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






48. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






49. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






50. The use of all three minor forms within a composition