Test your basic knowledge |

AP Music Theory

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






3. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






5. A set of five lines and four spaces for note writing; each line corresponds to a note with a letter name in between A and G






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






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






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






9. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






19. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






21. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






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






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






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






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






26. A single line of melody






27. A minor church mode with a flatted second






28. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






29. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






31. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






32. Unit of space in between bar lines






33. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






35. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






37. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






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






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






41. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






42. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






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