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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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1. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Beat
Chromatic Scale
Subdivision
Flag
2. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Monophonic
Key Signature
Relative Minor
3. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Simple Meter
Church Mode
Key Signature
4. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Lydian Mode
System
Mixolydian Mode
Tenor
5. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Staff
6. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Subdominat
Polyphonic
C Clef
Neutral Clef
7. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Alto
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
8. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Chromatic Scale
Consonant
Dorian Mode
Hertz
9. Series of duration of sound and silence
Note Head
Tie
Rhythm
Flag
10. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Note Head
Locrian Mode
Ionian Mode
Dot
11. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Tonic
Pentatonic Scale
Polyphonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
12. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Key Signature
Anacrusis
Whole Tone Scale
Tempo
13. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
System
Dissonant
Compound Meter
Polyphonic
14. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Submediant
Bar Lines
Double Bar Line
Tenor
15. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Mixolydian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Tie
Consonant
16. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Consonant
Mixolydian Mode
17. Each step of a scale
Subdominat
Aeolian Mode
Stem
Scale Degree
18. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Alto
Natural Minor Scale
C Clef
Flag
19. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Scale
Anacrusis
Alto
20. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Flat (b)
Subdivision
Common Time (C)
Half Step
21. 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
Supertonic
Major Scale
Whole Step
22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Enharmonic Equivalent
Consonant
Flat (b)
Alto
23. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Ionian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Harmonic Minor Scale
Hemiola
24. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Pentatonic Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Church Mode
Staff
25. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Dissonant
Pure Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
26. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Pentatonic Scale
Tonic
Grand Staff
Leading Tone
27. An interval that consists of two half steps
Sharp (#)
Neutral Clef
Whole Step
Church Mode
28. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Leading Tone
Church Mode
Hertz
Articulation- Envelope
29. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Downbeat
Double Sharp (X)
Baritone
Chromatic Scale
30. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Simple Meter
Soprano
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Half Step
31. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Downbeat
Chromatic Scale
Aeolian Mode
32. 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
Tetrachord
Soprano
Staff
Aeolian Mode
33. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Syncopation
Hertz
Dot
Key Signature
34. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Mezzo-Soprano
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ledger Lines
Ionian Mode
35. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Relative Minor
Downbeat
36. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Simple Meter
Tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
37. The distance between one wave and the next
Note Head
Grand Staff
Blues Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
38. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Consonant
Subdominat
Tie
Grand Staff
39. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
C Clef
Enharmonic Equivalent
Melodic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
40. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Flag
Cautionary Accidental
Asymmetrical Meter
41. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Scalar Variance
System
Mixolydian Mode
Dominant
42. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Scalar Variance
Grand Staff
Final Bar Line
Scale
43. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Simple Meter
Anacrusis
Pure Minor Scale
Subdivision
44. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Duration
Sharp (#)
Subdominat
45. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Dot
Grand Staff
Lydian Mode
Bar Lines
46. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Subdominat
Aeolian Mode
Staff
Subtonic
47. A major church mode with no accidentals
Scale
Duration
Ionian Mode
Note Head
48. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale Degree
Compound Meter
Scale
Neutral Clef
49. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Key Signature
Hertz
Tonic
Articulation- Envelope
50. The body of a note
Subtonic
Monophonic
Note Head
Double Sharp (X)