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AP Music Theory
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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Downbeat
Whole Step
Stem
Polyphonic
2. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Double Flat (bb)
Major Scale
Subtonic
Locrian Mode
3. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Cautionary Accidental
Subdominat
Double Sharp (X)
Articulation- Envelope
4. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Flag
Articulation- Envelope
Neutral Clef
Subdivision
5. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Locrian Mode
Raised Submediant
Natural Minor Scale
Submediant
6. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Grand Staff
Subtonic
Alto
Note Head
7. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Blues Scale
Mediant
Chromatic Scale
8. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Pentatonic Scale
Flat (b)
Duration
Grand Staff
9. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Hemiola
Flat (b)
Simple Meter
Dot
10. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Locrian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Pentatonic Scale
Dissonant
11. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Submediant
Downbeat
Consonant
Grand Staff
12. Series of duration of sound and silence
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Stem
Anacrusis
Rhythm
13. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Baritone
Grand Staff
Subtonic
14. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Anacrusis
Tetrachord
Blues Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
15. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
C Clef
Alto
Tenor
Final Bar Line
16. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Measures
Monophonic
Double Bar Line
17. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
System
Supertonic
Syncopation
Subtonic
18. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Chromatic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Tie
Pentatonic Scale
19. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Hertz
Melodic Minor Scale
Measures
Mixolydian Mode
20. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Key Signature
Dorian Mode
Sharp (#)
Mixolydian Mode
21. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Monophonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
22. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Articulation- Envelope
Harmonic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
23. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Submediant
Double Sharp (X)
Minor Pentachord
24. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Pure Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Church Mode
25. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Flat (b)
Subdominat
Supertonic
26. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Half Step
Measures
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
27. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Dominant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Subdominat
28. A single line of melody
Natural Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Monophonic
Cautionary Accidental
29. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Aeolian Mode
Dissonant
Neutral Clef
30. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Tetrachord
Syncopation
Tenor
Aeolian Mode
31. An interval that consists of two half steps
Scale Degree
Enharmonic Equivalent
Anacrusis
Whole Step
32. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Dot
Hertz
Measures
C Clef
33. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Measures
Compound Meter
Ionian Mode
Church Mode
34. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Dominant
Relative Minor
Mezzo-Soprano
35. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Meter
Tempo
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
36. A major church mode with no accidentals
Neutral Clef
Downbeat
Subdivision
Ionian Mode
37. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Pentatonic Scale
Blues Scale
Major Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
38. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Subdivision
Ledger Lines
Supertonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
39. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Staff
Dorian Mode
Half Step
40. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Polyphonic
Staff
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
41. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Pure Minor Scale
Note Head
Tetrachord
Alto
42. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Rhythm
Mediant
Monophonic
Tonic
43. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Key Signature
Dissonant
Simple Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
44. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Whole Step
Downbeat
Supertonic
Melodic Minor Scale
45. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Consonant
C Clef
Double Bar Line
46. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Half Step
Dominant
Duration
Staff
47. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Enharmonic Equivalent
Rhythm
Bar Lines
Whole Tone Scale
48. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Major Scale
Whole Tone Scale
C Clef
Bar Lines
49. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Ledger Lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Blues Scale
Tie
50. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Pentatonic Scale
Hemiola
Double Flat (bb)
Dorian Mode