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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. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Flat (b)
Blues Scale
Monophonic
Scale
2. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Scale
Ledger Lines
Lydian Mode
3. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Minor Pentachord
Key Signature
Subtonic
4. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Soprano
Asymmetrical Meter
Syncopation
Whole Step
5. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
Meter
Articulation- Envelope
6. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Sharp (#)
Grand Staff
Dot
Note Head
7. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Mediant
System
Alto
Hemiola
8. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Stem
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Harmonic Minor Scale
Bar Lines
9. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Final Bar Line
Cautionary Accidental
Note Head
Meter
10. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Half Step
Double Sharp (X)
Locrian Mode
System
11. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Measures
Raised Submediant
Enharmonic Equivalent
12. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Baritone
Church Mode
Dorian Mode
13. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Compound Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Supertonic
14. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Subdivision
Minor Pentachord
Submediant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
15. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Note Head
C Clef
Chromatic Scale
Enharmonic Equivalent
16. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Ledger Lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Note Head
17. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Compound Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
Half Step
Whole Tone Scale
18. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Anacrusis
Polyphonic
Scalar Variance
Double Sharp (X)
19. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Dot
Tempo
Flat (b)
Harmonic Minor Scale
20. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Monophonic
Bar Lines
Major Scale
21. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Staff
Relative Minor
Major Scale
22. Unit of space in between bar lines
Tempo
Dominant
Relative Minor
Measures
23. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Double Sharp (X)
Tetrachord
Raised Submediant
Subdominat
24. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Hertz
Meter
Double Sharp (X)
25. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Hertz
Locrian Mode
Tonic
Grand Staff
26. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Neutral Clef
Simple Meter
Scale Degree
27. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Staff
Submediant
Asymmetrical Meter
28. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Enharmonic Equivalent
Half Step
Subdivision
Consonant
29. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subdominat
Key Signature
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
30. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Flat (b)
C Clef
31. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Staff
Hertz
Mediant
Final Bar Line
32. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Common Time (C)
Ledger Lines
Consonant
33. Each step of a scale
Beat
Scale Degree
Key Signature
Hertz
34. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Supertonic
Flag
Whole Tone Scale
35. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Downbeat
Raised Submediant
Double Bar Line
36. The smallest interval between two notes
Church Mode
Pure Minor Scale
Half Step
Tonic
37. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Dominant
Supertonic
Scale
38. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Chromatic Scale
Tie
Flat (b)
Aeolian Mode
39. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Syncopation
Tenor
Beat
Measures
40. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Stem
Hemiola
Mixolydian Mode
Consonant
41. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Rhythm
Whole Tone Scale
Syncopation
Ledger Lines
42. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Sharp (#)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Raised Submediant
43. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Final Bar Line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subtonic
44. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Leading Tone
Raised Submediant
Bar Lines
Consonant
45. The body of a note
Locrian Mode
Note Head
Church Mode
Tonic
46. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Natural Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
Beat
Mezzo-Soprano
47. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Baritone
Common Time (C)
Monophonic
48. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dissonant
Tie
49. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Baritone
Church Mode
Ionian Mode
50. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Note Head
Pure Minor Scale
Enharmonic Equivalent
Whole Step