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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. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Melodic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
2. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Chromatic Scale
Grand Staff
Blues Scale
Bar Lines
3. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Pure Minor Scale
Tenor
4. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Scalar Variance
Note Head
Minor Pentachord
5. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Compound Meter
Neutral Clef
Ledger Lines
6. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Mixolydian Mode
Church Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Major Scale
7. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Meter
Major Scale
Minor Pentachord
8. 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
Final Bar Line
C Clef
Tonic
Staff
9. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Subtonic
Neutral Clef
Baritone
10. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Subdivision
Neutral Clef
Harmonic Minor Scale
Hertz
11. Each step of a scale
Natural Minor Scale
Subtonic
Phrygian Mode
Scale Degree
12. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Final Bar Line
Dissonant
Sharp (#)
13. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Pentatonic Scale
Tie
Harmonic Minor Scale
14. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Dissonant
Subdivision
Compound Meter
Relative Minor
15. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Measures
Mediant
Asymmetrical Meter
Scale
16. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dominant
Common Time (C)
Chromatic Scale
17. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Sharp (#)
Double Flat (bb)
Lydian Mode
Monophonic
18. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Grand Staff
Raised Submediant
Tenor
19. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Whole Tone Scale
Dorian Mode
Stem
Leading Tone
20. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Sharp (#)
Pure Minor Scale
21. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Tempo
Church Mode
C Clef
Monophonic
22. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Downbeat
Measures
23. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Baritone
Scale
Dot
Dominant
24. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Mixolydian Mode
Final Bar Line
Locrian Mode
Phrygian Mode
25. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Whole Step
Locrian Mode
Double Bar Line
Ledger Lines
26. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Ledger Lines
Whole Step
Hertz
Stem
27. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Bar Lines
Note Head
Dominant
28. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Whole Step
Pentatonic Scale
Measures
Aeolian Mode
29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Monophonic
Tenor
Supertonic
Flat (b)
30. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Flag
Ledger Lines
Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
31. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Leading Tone
Consonant
Mezzo-Soprano
Major Scale
32. An interval that consists of two half steps
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Articulation- Envelope
Duration
Whole Step
33. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Double Bar Line
Submediant
34. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Harmonic Minor Scale
Supertonic
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
35. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Stem
Relative Minor
Hemiola
Church Mode
36. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Compound Meter
Simple Meter
Tenor
Consonant
37. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Anacrusis
Chromatic Scale
System
Blues Scale
38. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Key Signature
Subdivision
Neutral Clef
Supertonic
39. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Half Step
Minor Pentachord
Relative Minor
40. Series of duration of sound and silence
System
Scalar Variance
Rhythm
Submediant
41. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Anacrusis
Relative Minor
Aeolian Mode
Whole Step
42. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Supertonic
Grand Staff
43. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Scale
Lydian Mode
Staff
Sharp (#)
44. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Double Bar Line
Subdominat
Tetrachord
Pentatonic Scale
45. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dominant
Soprano
46. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Tenor
Minor Pentachord
Double Flat (bb)
47. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Scalar Variance
Phrygian Mode
Beat
Dissonant
48. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Scalar Variance
Melodic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Aeolian Mode
49. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Hemiola
Minor Pentachord
Beat
Compound Meter
50. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Cautionary Accidental
Duration
Phrygian Mode
Minor Pentachord