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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.
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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. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Ledger Lines
Half Step
Dorian Mode
2. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Supertonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
C Clef
3. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Note Head
Anacrusis
Raised Submediant
4. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Mixolydian Mode
Soprano
Minor Pentachord
Dot
5. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Dominant
Scale
Church Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
6. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Articulation- Envelope
Melodic Minor Scale
Phrygian Mode
Key Signature
7. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Stem
Hemiola
Relative Minor
Lydian Mode
8. The body of a note
Dissonant
Locrian Mode
Beat
Note Head
9. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Staff
Scale
10. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Mezzo-Soprano
Anacrusis
Chromatic Scale
11. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Baritone
Asymmetrical Meter
Meter
Phrygian Mode
12. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Enharmonic Equivalent
Phrygian Mode
Dissonant
C Clef
13. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Natural Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
Measures
Subdominat
14. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Supertonic
Double Bar Line
Subdominat
Flat (b)
15. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Dorian Mode
Stem
Scalar Variance
Supertonic
16. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Subdominat
Articulation- Envelope
Tetrachord
Pure Minor Scale
17. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Downbeat
Articulation- Envelope
Hertz
Natural Minor Scale
18. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Rhythm
Stem
Final Bar Line
Flat (b)
19. Unit of space in between bar lines
Polyphonic
Measures
Double Bar Line
Alto
20. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Church Mode
Monophonic
21. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Natural Minor Scale
Consonant
Simple Meter
Minor Pentachord
22. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Meter
Leading Tone
Dorian Mode
23. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Aeolian Mode
Mediant
Compound Meter
Alto
24. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Half Step
Tonic
Note Head
25. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Consonant
Rhythm
Downbeat
Ionian Mode
26. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Tonic
Monophonic
Alto
Raised Submediant
27. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Phrygian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Dorian Mode
28. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Submediant
Sharp (#)
Compound Meter
Tempo
29. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Whole Tone Scale
Subdivision
Dot
Phrygian Mode
30. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Bar Lines
Blues Scale
Note Head
31. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Alto
Hemiola
Dot
Ionian Mode
32. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Dissonant
Neutral Clef
Hertz
33. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Mezzo-Soprano
Consonant
Tetrachord
Double Bar Line
34. A single line of melody
Key Signature
Dissonant
Soprano
Monophonic
35. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Alto
Common Time (C)
Dissonant
Chromatic Scale
36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Mixolydian Mode
Flat (b)
Raised Submediant
Sharp (#)
37. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Final Bar Line
Simple Meter
Mediant
38. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Blues Scale
Ledger Lines
Duration
39. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
C Clef
Monophonic
Hemiola
40. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Double Bar Line
Syncopation
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Flag
41. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Syncopation
Whole Tone Scale
Church Mode
Alto
42. Series of duration of sound and silence
Flat (b)
Rhythm
Pure Minor Scale
Baritone
43. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Double Flat (bb)
Mixolydian Mode
Grand Staff
Key Signature
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Dissonant
Phrygian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Rhythm
45. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Measures
Leading Tone
Compound Meter
Tetrachord
46. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Dot
Church Mode
Beat
Raised Submediant
47. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Final Bar Line
Scale Degree
Sharp (#)
48. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Minor Pentachord
Subdominat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Syncopation
49. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Staff
Subdominat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Raised Submediant
50. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Natural Minor Scale
Supertonic
Subtonic
Staff