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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. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Lydian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Grand Staff
Tetrachord
2. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Neutral Clef
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Chromatic Scale
Dot
3. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Blues Scale
Major Scale
Consonant
4. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tempo
Hemiola
Dissonant
Tie
5. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdivision
Harmonic Minor Scale
Polyphonic
6. Unit of space in between bar lines
Flag
Whole Tone Scale
Measures
Melodic Minor Scale
7. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Mixolydian Mode
Major Scale
Rhythm
Dominant
8. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Church Mode
Downbeat
Hertz
Double Flat (bb)
9. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Syncopation
Hemiola
10. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Neutral Clef
Subdivision
Sharp (#)
Pentatonic Scale
11. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Neutral Clef
Duration
Subdivision
12. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Raised Submediant
Church Mode
Alto
13. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Flag
Compound Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
14. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Ledger Lines
Double Sharp (X)
15. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Relative Minor
Sharp (#)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Raised Submediant
16. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Supertonic
Subtonic
Sharp (#)
Major Scale
17. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Leading Tone
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Anacrusis
Hemiola
18. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Leading Tone
Chromatic Scale
Tie
Grand Staff
19. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Staff
Submediant
Minor Pentachord
Relative Minor
20. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dissonant
Flag
21. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Mixolydian Mode
Monophonic
Pentatonic Scale
22. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Mixolydian Mode
Tenor
Note Head
23. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Whole Tone Scale
Scalar Variance
Leading Tone
Sharp (#)
24. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Whole Tone Scale
Supertonic
Tetrachord
25. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Articulation- Envelope
Double Flat (bb)
Soprano
Enharmonic Equivalent
26. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Subtonic
Subdominat
System
Consonant
27. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Compound Meter
Rhythm
Key Signature
Duration
28. The speed of a beat
Aeolian Mode
C Clef
Natural Minor Scale
Tempo
29. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Soprano
Beat
Final Bar Line
30. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Aeolian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Scale
31. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Common Time (C)
Soprano
Chromatic Scale
Note Head
32. The body of a note
Chromatic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Staff
Note Head
33. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Subdivision
Downbeat
Staff
34. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Alto
Dominant
Neutral Clef
Tonic
35. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Blues Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Tenor
Polyphonic
36. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Hemiola
System
Leading Tone
Tetrachord
37. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Ledger Lines
Dissonant
Tie
38. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Half Step
Flag
Monophonic
Minor Pentachord
39. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Mixolydian Mode
Consonant
Double Flat (bb)
Double Bar Line
40. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Whole Tone Scale
Anacrusis
Bar Lines
Tie
41. The smallest interval between two notes
Minor Pentachord
Common Time (C)
Half Step
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
42. A major church mode with no accidentals
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dorian Mode
Ionian Mode
Raised Submediant
43. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Pentatonic Scale
Aeolian Mode
Scale
Stem
44. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Duration
Lydian Mode
Simple Meter
45. An interval that consists of two half steps
Staff
Tempo
Whole Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
46. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Monophonic
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
47. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Alto
Scale Degree
48. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdominat
Pure Minor Scale
Subdivision
Baritone
49. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Stem
Compound Meter
C Clef
Simple Meter
50. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Scalar Variance
Hemiola
Mezzo-Soprano
Pure Minor Scale