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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. A single line of melody
Tenor
Monophonic
Double Sharp (X)
Phrygian Mode
2. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Beat
Syncopation
Lydian Mode
3. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Downbeat
Major Scale
Tonic
Pure Minor Scale
4. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Dorian Mode
Flat (b)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
5. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Supertonic
Scale
Flat (b)
Meter
6. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Relative Minor
Subdivision
Final Bar Line
7. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Dissonant
Neutral Clef
Submediant
Scale Degree
8. The distance between one wave and the next
Sharp (#)
Ionian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
9. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Subdivision
Harmonic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Melodic Minor Scale
10. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Grand Staff
Whole Tone Scale
Sharp (#)
11. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Tie
Dissonant
Raised Submediant
Compound Meter
12. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Whole Step
Sharp (#)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
13. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dominant
14. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Polyphonic
Dominant
Mixolydian Mode
Tempo
15. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Syncopation
Common Time (C)
Key Signature
16. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Enharmonic Equivalent
Major Scale
Double Bar Line
Hertz
17. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Lydian Mode
Tetrachord
Measures
Harmonic Minor Scale
18. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Major Scale
Hertz
Half Step
Subtonic
19. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Aeolian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Raised Submediant
20. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Common Time (C)
Beat
Anacrusis
21. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Dot
Tetrachord
Compound Meter
22. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Articulation- Envelope
Tetrachord
Tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
23. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Dot
Grand Staff
Sharp (#)
Articulation- Envelope
24. A major church mode with no accidentals
Mezzo-Soprano
Ionian Mode
Stem
Tonic
25. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Raised Submediant
Downbeat
Dissonant
Major Scale
26. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Double Flat (bb)
Mixolydian Mode
Subtonic
Mediant
27. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Locrian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Staff
Dorian Mode
28. 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
Harmonic Minor Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Staff
Anacrusis
29. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Locrian Mode
Major Scale
Final Bar Line
30. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Blues Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Tie
Dissonant
31. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Flag
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tempo
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
32. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Pure Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Polyphonic
Major Scale
33. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Lydian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
34. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Mediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Stem
Dominant
35. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Tonic
Scalar Variance
Mezzo-Soprano
36. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Church Mode
Mediant
Pentatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
37. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Mixolydian Mode
Downbeat
Syncopation
Subdivision
38. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Leading Tone
Syncopation
Flag
Lydian Mode
39. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Soprano
Melodic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
Aeolian Mode
40. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dorian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Duration
Anacrusis
41. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Flat (b)
Mediant
Downbeat
Cautionary Accidental
42. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Neutral Clef
Supertonic
Leading Tone
Stem
43. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Tenor
Lydian Mode
Consonant
Alto
44. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Chromatic Scale
Pure Minor Scale
45. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Soprano
Subtonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
46. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Bar Lines
Double Sharp (X)
Raised Submediant
47. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Tonic
Mixolydian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Chromatic Scale
48. Each step of a scale
Leading Tone
Subtonic
Scale Degree
Tie
49. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Hemiola
Simple Meter
Common Time (C)
Ledger Lines
50. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Subtonic
Monophonic
Half Step