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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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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. A single line of melody
Natural Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Monophonic
Mixolydian Mode
2. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Minor Pentachord
Double Sharp (X)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Compound Meter
3. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Scale
Subdominat
Major Scale
4. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Downbeat
Rhythm
Blues Scale
Ledger Lines
5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Monophonic
Staff
Measures
Flat (b)
6. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Lydian Mode
Locrian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Polyphonic
7. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Double Bar Line
Dorian Mode
Polyphonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
8. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Chromatic Scale
Aeolian Mode
9. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Relative Minor
Tenor
Key Signature
Dissonant
10. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Phrygian Mode
Measures
Whole Step
Tetrachord
11. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Flat (b)
Grand Staff
Leading Tone
Pentatonic Scale
12. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Tenor
Meter
Mediant
13. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Mediant
Stem
Leading Tone
Relative Minor
14. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Scale
Phrygian Mode
Dorian Mode
Bar Lines
15. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Beat
Tenor
Submediant
Dorian Mode
16. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Double Sharp (X)
Monophonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
System
17. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Double Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pentatonic Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
18. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Downbeat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Flat (b)
Dominant
19. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Minor Pentachord
Polyphonic
Common Time (C)
Subtonic
20. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Measures
Mediant
Double Bar Line
Meter
21. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Tenor
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Minor Pentachord
C Clef
22. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Submediant
Rhythm
C Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
23. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Staff
Simple Meter
Scalar Variance
Subdominat
24. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Flag
Chromatic Scale
Syncopation
Church Mode
25. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
C Clef
System
Final Bar Line
26. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Pentatonic Scale
Consonant
27. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Double Sharp (X)
Baritone
Tempo
Ledger Lines
28. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Half Step
Asymmetrical Meter
Measures
Double Flat (bb)
29. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Meter
Soprano
Measures
Mediant
30. 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
Beat
Lydian Mode
Consonant
Staff
31. The body of a note
Natural Minor Scale
Dot
Mixolydian Mode
Note Head
32. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Subtonic
Flag
Subdivision
33. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Alto
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tonic
34. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Enharmonic Equivalent
Aeolian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Subdominat
35. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Final Bar Line
Locrian Mode
Baritone
36. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Monophonic
Common Time (C)
Baritone
Stem
37. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Ledger Lines
Beat
System
Tonic
38. The speed of a beat
Staff
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Tempo
System
39. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Lydian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Scalar Variance
40. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Key Signature
Mediant
Flag
Subtonic
41. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Mixolydian Mode
Hemiola
Final Bar Line
42. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Double Bar Line
Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
43. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Pentatonic Scale
Subtonic
Rhythm
44. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Whole Step
Staff
Ledger Lines
Hertz
45. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Blues Scale
Alto
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Downbeat
46. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Aeolian Mode
Tie
Tenor
Raised Submediant
47. The smallest interval between two notes
Harmonic Minor Scale
Note Head
Half Step
Scalar Variance
48. Unit of space in between bar lines
Dominant
Measures
Grand Staff
Major Scale
49. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Flat (b)
Double Bar Line
Subdivision
Mixolydian Mode
50. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Flat (b)
Tetrachord
Simple Meter