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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






2. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






3. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






4. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






5. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






6. The length of time sound of silence occurs






7. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






8. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






9. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






10. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






11. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






12. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






13. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






14. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






15. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






16. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value






17. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






18. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






19. The body of a note






20. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






21. A major church mode with a raised fourth






22. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






23. The distance between one wave and the next






24. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






26. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






28. Series of duration of sound and silence






29. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






30. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






31. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






32. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






33. The speed of a beat






34. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






35. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






36. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






37. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






38. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






39. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






40. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






41. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






42. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






43. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






44. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






45. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






46. Each step of a scale






47. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






48. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






49. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






50. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line