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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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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 form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Double Bar Line
System
Dot
2. The distance between one wave and the next
Scale Degree
Tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Harmonic Minor Scale
3. Each step of a scale
Double Flat (bb)
Scale Degree
Soprano
Natural Minor Scale
4. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Beat
Raised Submediant
Baritone
Hertz
5. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Final Bar Line
Bar Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subdominat
6. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Grand Staff
Duration
Hemiola
Mixolydian Mode
7. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Phrygian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Downbeat
Double Bar Line
8. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Key Signature
Duration
Leading Tone
Final Bar Line
9. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Locrian Mode
Syncopation
Bar Lines
10. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Scale
Flat (b)
Raised Submediant
Soprano
11. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Harmonic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
Subdivision
Bar Lines
12. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Mezzo-Soprano
Dorian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
13. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Compound Meter
Anacrusis
Pentatonic Scale
14. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Sharp (#)
Major Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Raised Submediant
15. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Dissonant
Subdominat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
16. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Minor Pentachord
Articulation- Envelope
Enharmonic Equivalent
Blues Scale
17. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Enharmonic Equivalent
Downbeat
Tempo
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
18. Series of duration of sound and silence
Compound Meter
Dot
Rhythm
Melodic Minor Scale
19. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Double Bar Line
20. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Staff
Scale Degree
Neutral Clef
Subtonic
21. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Common Time (C)
Lydian Mode
Supertonic
Monophonic
22. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Lydian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Asymmetrical Meter
23. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Minor Pentachord
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
System
24. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Note Head
Scale Degree
25. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Minor Pentachord
Blues Scale
Whole Tone Scale
26. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Major Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Sharp (#)
Hertz
27. Unit of space in between bar lines
Pentatonic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Measures
Compound Meter
28. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Submediant
Church Mode
Duration
29. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Simple Meter
Enharmonic Equivalent
System
30. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Tenor
Ionian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Tempo
31. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Subdominat
Articulation- Envelope
Polyphonic
32. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Duration
Dorian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
33. 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
Minor Pentachord
Leading Tone
Polyphonic
Staff
34. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Duration
Double Sharp (X)
Dorian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
35. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Pure Minor Scale
Major Scale
Hertz
Neutral Clef
36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Alto
Double Flat (bb)
Downbeat
37. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Scalar Variance
Grand Staff
Subtonic
Mixolydian Mode
38. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dissonant
Downbeat
39. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Anacrusis
Scalar Variance
Minor Pentachord
40. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Scale
Articulation- Envelope
41. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Downbeat
Dot
Mezzo-Soprano
42. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Submediant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Double Bar Line
Church Mode
43. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Flat (b)
Aeolian Mode
Tenor
44. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Beat
Sharp (#)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Dorian Mode
45. The speed of a beat
Blues Scale
Final Bar Line
Mezzo-Soprano
Tempo
46. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Major Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Grand Staff
Flag
47. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Double Flat (bb)
Double Sharp (X)
Blues Scale
Pentatonic Scale
48. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Lydian Mode
Tie
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
49. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Anacrusis
Cautionary Accidental
Raised Submediant
50. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Blues Scale
Monophonic
System