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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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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 symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Syncopation
Hemiola
Mezzo-Soprano
Dot
2. An interval that consists of two half steps
Sharp (#)
Pure Minor Scale
Whole Step
Articulation- Envelope
3. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Lydian Mode
Dissonant
Staff
Supertonic
4. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
5. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Supertonic
Dissonant
Meter
Consonant
6. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Downbeat
Tenor
Stem
7. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Leading Tone
Mezzo-Soprano
Downbeat
Double Flat (bb)
8. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Duration
Pure Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
Syncopation
9. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Double Bar Line
Consonant
Tetrachord
10. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Tetrachord
11. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Flag
Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Submediant
12. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Neutral Clef
Scale
Duration
13. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Simple Meter
Subdominat
Duration
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
14. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Stem
Tetrachord
Note Head
Melodic Minor Scale
15. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Blues Scale
Submediant
Asymmetrical Meter
Major Scale
16. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Chromatic Scale
Double Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Double Flat (bb)
17. Each step of a scale
Hemiola
Tetrachord
Monophonic
Scale Degree
18. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Note Head
Minor Pentachord
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
19. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Phrygian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Stem
20. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
Meter
Key Signature
21. The speed of a beat
Dissonant
Tempo
Soprano
Subdominat
22. The smallest interval between two notes
Common Time (C)
Ledger Lines
Half Step
Double Sharp (X)
23. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Subdominat
Duration
Monophonic
Double Sharp (X)
24. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Mixolydian Mode
Half Step
Scalar Variance
25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Tonic
Dissonant
Neutral Clef
26. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Natural Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Bar Lines
Church Mode
27. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Consonant
Note Head
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
28. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Scale
Meter
Subdivision
Grand Staff
29. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Enharmonic Equivalent
System
30. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Measures
Minor Pentachord
Scale
Soprano
31. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Dorian Mode
Flag
Cautionary Accidental
32. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Consonant
Anacrusis
Harmonic Minor Scale
Major Scale
33. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Lydian Mode
Rhythm
Syncopation
Blues Scale
34. The body of a note
Note Head
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Common Time (C)
35. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Subdominat
Tie
Tenor
36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Scalar Variance
Beat
Harmonic Minor Scale
37. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Grand Staff
Locrian Mode
Meter
38. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Submediant
Supertonic
Downbeat
39. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Consonant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Downbeat
40. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Mediant
Mixolydian Mode
Compound Meter
Tempo
41. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Soprano
Subdivision
Mixolydian Mode
System
42. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Stem
Sharp (#)
Scale
Major Scale
43. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Grand Staff
Monophonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Flag
44. 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
Whole Tone Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Staff
45. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Scale Degree
Leading Tone
Ledger Lines
46. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Tenor
Asymmetrical Meter
Raised Submediant
47. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Tonic
Bar Lines
Raised Submediant
48. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Blues Scale
Lydian Mode
Sharp (#)
49. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Anacrusis
Hemiola
Locrian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
50. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Simple Meter
Articulation- Envelope
Cautionary Accidental
Double Flat (bb)