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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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1. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Tonic
Dissonant
Minor Pentachord
2. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Monophonic
Bar Lines
Dorian Mode
Compound Meter
3. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Neutral Clef
Baritone
Scalar Variance
4. An interval that consists of two half steps
Scale Degree
Compound Meter
Whole Step
Subdivision
5. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Final Bar Line
Key Signature
6. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Monophonic
Meter
7. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Lydian Mode
Tenor
Blues Scale
Whole Tone Scale
8. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Flag
Aeolian Mode
Key Signature
Dissonant
9. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Minor Pentachord
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Phrygian Mode
10. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Ledger Lines
Double Flat (bb)
Measures
11. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Monophonic
Mixolydian Mode
Subdivision
12. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Dorian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Subdominat
Dissonant
13. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Locrian Mode
Subtonic
Downbeat
Alto
14. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Dissonant
Duration
Melodic Minor Scale
15. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Natural Minor Scale
Subtonic
Dissonant
Blues Scale
16. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Mezzo-Soprano
Soprano
Grand Staff
Flat (b)
17. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Flat (b)
Beat
Relative Minor
18. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Half Step
Syncopation
Major Scale
System
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Double Flat (bb)
Dorian Mode
Scale
20. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Subtonic
Asymmetrical Meter
Consonant
Melodic Minor Scale
21. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Mixolydian Mode
Minor Pentachord
Anacrusis
Scalar Variance
22. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Common Time (C)
Dorian Mode
Ionian Mode
Neutral Clef
23. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Polyphonic
Final Bar Line
Subdominat
Simple Meter
24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Anacrusis
Key Signature
Enharmonic Equivalent
Raised Submediant
25. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Subdominat
Submediant
Duration
Relative Minor
26. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Supertonic
Subtonic
Asymmetrical Meter
27. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Subdominat
Enharmonic Equivalent
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
28. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
Chromatic Scale
29. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Consonant
Double Flat (bb)
Final Bar Line
Common Time (C)
30. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Tie
Locrian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Harmonic Minor Scale
31. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Harmonic Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
Whole Tone Scale
Cautionary Accidental
32. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Raised Submediant
Cautionary Accidental
Tenor
33. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
C Clef
Note Head
Chromatic Scale
34. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Double Flat (bb)
Submediant
Mezzo-Soprano
35. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Soprano
Harmonic Minor Scale
Beat
Leading Tone
36. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Grand Staff
Church Mode
Scale Degree
Hemiola
37. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
Common Time (C)
Alto
38. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Bar Lines
Sharp (#)
Minor Pentachord
39. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Supertonic
Tetrachord
Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
40. A major church mode with no accidentals
Supertonic
Ionian Mode
Consonant
Staff
41. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
Key Signature
Relative Minor
42. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Whole Tone Scale
Locrian Mode
Hemiola
Key Signature
43. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Note Head
Duration
Double Flat (bb)
Double Bar Line
44. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dominant
Baritone
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mediant
45. Series of duration of sound and silence
Meter
Cautionary Accidental
Rhythm
Tetrachord
46. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Subdominat
Whole Step
Downbeat
47. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Tie
Mixolydian Mode
Sharp (#)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
48. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Leading Tone
Scale Degree
Ledger Lines
49. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Double Sharp (X)
Simple Meter
Rhythm
Final Bar Line
50. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Consonant
Asymmetrical Meter
Anacrusis
Tie