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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.
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. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Melodic Minor Scale
2. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Anacrusis
Meter
Alto
Double Bar Line
3. The body of a note
Note Head
Neutral Clef
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Pentatonic Scale
4. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Blues Scale
System
Raised Submediant
Scalar Variance
5. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Anacrusis
Downbeat
Double Bar Line
C Clef
6. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Aeolian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Minor Pentachord
7. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Raised Submediant
Relative Minor
Locrian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
8. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Blues Scale
Scale Degree
Bar Lines
Duration
9. An interval that consists of two half steps
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dominant
Whole Step
10. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Tempo
Scale Degree
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
11. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Mezzo-Soprano
Neutral Clef
Locrian Mode
Stem
12. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Tone Scale
Ledger Lines
Common Time (C)
13. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Alto
Baritone
Bar Lines
Pentatonic Scale
14. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Pentatonic Scale
Key Signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Submediant
15. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Lydian Mode
Grand Staff
Church Mode
16. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Blues Scale
Soprano
17. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Simple Meter
Cautionary Accidental
Common Time (C)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
18. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Polyphonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Compound Meter
Consonant
19. Unit of space in between bar lines
Cautionary Accidental
Aeolian Mode
Dot
Measures
20. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Beat
Dissonant
Hertz
Minor Pentachord
21. The distance between one wave and the next
Aeolian Mode
Bar Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Half Step
22. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Mezzo-Soprano
Asymmetrical Meter
Common Time (C)
Dot
23. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Chromatic Scale
Compound Meter
Soprano
Dot
24. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Rhythm
Double Flat (bb)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
25. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Baritone
Anacrusis
Raised Submediant
Dot
26. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Major Scale
Polyphonic
Beat
Tie
27. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Raised Submediant
Half Step
Meter
Aeolian Mode
28. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Alto
Whole Tone Scale
Stem
29. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Monophonic
Dorian Mode
Staff
Hemiola
30. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Relative Minor
Tie
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
31. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Duration
Raised Submediant
Cautionary Accidental
32. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Compound Meter
Enharmonic Equivalent
Flat (b)
Church Mode
33. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Simple Meter
Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Sharp (#)
34. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Submediant
Subdivision
Grand Staff
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
35. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale Degree
Mezzo-Soprano
Subtonic
36. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Chromatic Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Supertonic
37. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Scale Degree
Double Sharp (X)
Measures
C Clef
38. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Tempo
Tie
Tonic
39. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Church Mode
Staff
C Clef
Articulation- Envelope
40. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Tetrachord
Relative Minor
Scalar Variance
Natural Minor Scale
41. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Whole Tone Scale
Subtonic
Compound Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
42. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Melodic Minor Scale
Sharp (#)
Church Mode
Syncopation
43. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Syncopation
Monophonic
Note Head
Polyphonic
44. A single line of melody
Subdominat
Tetrachord
Monophonic
Church Mode
45. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Hertz
Ledger Lines
Key Signature
Meter
46. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Ledger Lines
Dorian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
47. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Dissonant
Flag
Ionian Mode
Note Head
48. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Grand Staff
Melodic Minor Scale
Staff
49. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Leading Tone
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
C Clef
Mediant
50. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Double Bar Line
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Mezzo-Soprano
Tonic