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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. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Sharp (#)
Ionian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subtonic
2. The speed of a beat
Harmonic Minor Scale
Half Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tempo
3. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Compound Meter
Phrygian Mode
Lydian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
4. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Whole Tone Scale
Baritone
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Hertz
5. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Articulation- Envelope
Polyphonic
Church Mode
Consonant
6. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
Church Mode
C Clef
7. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Pentatonic Scale
Note Head
Locrian Mode
Scalar Variance
8. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Duration
Dominant
Whole Step
Church Mode
9. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Whole Tone Scale
Locrian Mode
Baritone
Dorian Mode
10. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Downbeat
Ionian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Submediant
11. 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
Leading Tone
Key Signature
Staff
C Clef
12. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Mixolydian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Downbeat
Soprano
13. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Staff
Subtonic
Rhythm
14. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Dissonant
Ionian Mode
15. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Key Signature
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
Syncopation
16. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Dorian Mode
Flat (b)
Common Time (C)
Tempo
17. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Flag
Stem
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Final Bar Line
18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Pure Minor Scale
Flat (b)
Scale Degree
Whole Step
19. The body of a note
Supertonic
Tenor
Pure Minor Scale
Note Head
20. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Alto
Stem
Simple Meter
C Clef
21. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Staff
Common Time (C)
Scalar Variance
Consonant
22. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Scale Degree
Note Head
Tempo
Neutral Clef
23. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Grand Staff
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dorian Mode
24. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Flag
Sharp (#)
Dissonant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
25. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Aeolian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Phrygian Mode
26. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Duration
Flag
Anacrusis
Tetrachord
27. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Dot
Tetrachord
Hertz
C Clef
28. An interval that consists of two half steps
Raised Submediant
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
Whole Step
29. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tenor
Hemiola
Natural Minor Scale
Tonic
30. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Submediant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Ionian Mode
31. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
C Clef
Subtonic
Mixolydian Mode
Key Signature
32. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Raised Submediant
Melodic Minor Scale
Pure Minor Scale
33. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Phrygian Mode
Meter
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Final Bar Line
34. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Subdominat
Relative Minor
Minor Pentachord
35. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Monophonic
Leading Tone
Consonant
Minor Pentachord
36. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Alto
Sharp (#)
Leading Tone
37. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Grand Staff
Flag
Lydian Mode
Duration
38. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Supertonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Note Head
39. Series of duration of sound and silence
Note Head
Mediant
Rhythm
Scale
40. The smallest interval between two notes
Mediant
Syncopation
Polyphonic
Half Step
41. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Major Scale
Minor Pentachord
Dot
Hemiola
42. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Rhythm
Dorian Mode
Half Step
Bar Lines
43. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Tonic
Anacrusis
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Subdivision
Dot
Duration
45. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Tetrachord
Common Time (C)
Mezzo-Soprano
Major Scale
46. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
System
Duration
Whole Step
Dissonant
47. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Aeolian Mode
Dorian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Pentatonic Scale
48. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Ledger Lines
Articulation- Envelope
Relative Minor
Scalar Variance
49. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Tetrachord
Dot
Whole Tone Scale
Locrian Mode
50. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Tonic
Meter
Anacrusis
Melodic Minor Scale