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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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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 scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Staff
Scalar Variance
Double Bar Line
2. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Melodic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Simple Meter
Double Sharp (X)
3. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Mediant
Neutral Clef
Enharmonic Equivalent
4. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
System
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Mediant
Common Time (C)
5. An interval that consists of two half steps
Locrian Mode
Major Scale
Bar Lines
Whole Step
6. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Stem
Consonant
Cautionary Accidental
Alto
7. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Major Scale
Tetrachord
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Sharp (X)
8. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Baritone
Consonant
Simple Meter
9. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Tonic
Flat (b)
Dorian Mode
Whole Step
10. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Double Flat (bb)
Locrian Mode
Final Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
11. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Stem
Chromatic Scale
Half Step
12. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Tempo
Submediant
Major Scale
Hemiola
13. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Dominant
Pure Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Subtonic
14. The distance between one wave and the next
Phrygian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Articulation- Envelope
Subdivision
15. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Dot
Stem
Lydian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
16. 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
Tenor
Staff
Grand Staff
Supertonic
17. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Blues Scale
Dissonant
Hertz
18. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Half Step
Pentatonic Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Submediant
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Hertz
Phrygian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Double Flat (bb)
20. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Key Signature
Monophonic
Alto
21. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Scale
Lydian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Major Scale
22. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Scalar Variance
Relative Minor
Tonic
Mixolydian Mode
23. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Baritone
Subtonic
24. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Pure Minor Scale
Tie
Tetrachord
Hertz
25. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Grand Staff
Syncopation
Phrygian Mode
Chromatic Scale
26. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Major Scale
Monophonic
Articulation- Envelope
27. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Locrian Mode
Baritone
Flat (b)
Major Scale
28. The speed of a beat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Flat (b)
Mezzo-Soprano
Tempo
29. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Minor Pentachord
Double Flat (bb)
Whole Step
30. A major church mode with no accidentals
Pure Minor Scale
Consonant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Ionian Mode
31. Unit of space in between bar lines
Blues Scale
Leading Tone
Dorian Mode
Measures
32. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Melodic Minor Scale
Supertonic
C Clef
33. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Aeolian Mode
Subdivision
Downbeat
34. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Sharp (#)
Lydian Mode
Stem
Dot
35. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Subtonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Staff
Pure Minor Scale
36. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Grand Staff
Enharmonic Equivalent
Alto
37. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dot
Cautionary Accidental
Anacrusis
38. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Compound Meter
Chromatic Scale
Beat
Subdivision
39. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Downbeat
Supertonic
Submediant
40. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Common Time (C)
Whole Tone Scale
Blues Scale
41. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Note Head
Downbeat
Stem
42. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Church Mode
Pure Minor Scale
Downbeat
Key Signature
43. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Mezzo-Soprano
Polyphonic
Minor Pentachord
Ionian Mode
44. Series of duration of sound and silence
Syncopation
Rhythm
Ionian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
45. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Leading Tone
Dominant
Submediant
Whole Tone Scale
46. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Major Scale
Anacrusis
Duration
Submediant
47. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Common Time (C)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ledger Lines
Flat (b)
48. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Monophonic
Subtonic
Phrygian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
49. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Meter
Key Signature
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Baritone
50. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Scale Degree
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Melodic Minor Scale
Leading Tone