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AP Music Theory

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1. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






3. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






4. A minor church mode with a flatted second






5. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






7. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






8. A single line of melody






9. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






10. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






11. The length of time sound of silence occurs






12. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






14. Each step of a scale






15. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






16. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






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






18. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






20. The distance between one wave and the next






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






22. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






23. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






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






25. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






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






27. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






28. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






29. Unit of space in between bar lines






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






31. 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






32. Indicates the end of a piece of music






33. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






35. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






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






37. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






38. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






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






40. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






41. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






43. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






45. The smallest interval between two notes






46. The speed of a beat






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






48. The body of a note






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






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