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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The body of a note






2. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






3. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






4. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






5. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






6. A major church mode with no accidentals






7. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






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






9. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






10. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






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






12. Each step of a scale






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






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






15. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






17. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






18. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






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






20. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






21. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






22. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






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






24. The smallest interval between two notes






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






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






27. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






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






29. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






31. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






32. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






33. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






34. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






35. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






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






38. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






39. The distance between one wave and the next






40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






41. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






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






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






44. Indicates the end of a piece of music






45. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






46. Unit of space in between bar lines






47. The speed of a beat






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






49. An interval that consists of two half steps






50. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts