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