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AP Music Theory

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1. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






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






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






6. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






7. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






8. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






9. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






10. The length of time sound of silence occurs






11. Indicates the end of a piece of music






12. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






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






14. The distance between one wave and the next






15. The body of a note






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






17. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






18. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






20. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






21. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






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






23. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






24. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






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






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






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






29. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






30. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






34. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






35. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






36. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






37. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






38. The smallest interval between two notes






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






40. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






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






42. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






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






44. An interval that consists of two half steps






45. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






46. Unit of space in between bar lines






47. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






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






49. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






50. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note