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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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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. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Chromatic Scale
Whole Step
Relative Minor
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
2. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Syncopation
Stem
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tonic
3. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
Major Scale
Subdominat
4. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Staff
Raised Submediant
Dominant
Half Step
5. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Locrian Mode
Mediant
Minor Pentachord
Aeolian Mode
6. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Dot
Soprano
Subtonic
Compound Meter
7. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Lydian Mode
Final Bar Line
Monophonic
Dissonant
8. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Measures
Flat (b)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Major Scale
9. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Key Signature
Aeolian Mode
Tenor
Hertz
10. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Consonant
Subdominat
Duration
Tenor
11. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Syncopation
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tempo
Tie
12. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Tenor
Dorian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
13. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
C Clef
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
Sharp (#)
14. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Subdominat
Articulation- Envelope
Melodic Minor Scale
Flat (b)
15. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Melodic Minor Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dominant
Meter
16. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Ionian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Monophonic
17. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Dissonant
Soprano
18. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Articulation- Envelope
Duration
Subtonic
19. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Asymmetrical Meter
Cautionary Accidental
Ionian Mode
20. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Tempo
Key Signature
Subtonic
21. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Syncopation
Sharp (#)
Supertonic
Stem
22. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Flat (bb)
Pure Minor Scale
Major Scale
23. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Syncopation
Submediant
Consonant
24. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Scale
Hemiola
Dissonant
Scale Degree
25. An interval that consists of two half steps
Anacrusis
Whole Step
Half Step
Chromatic Scale
26. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dot
Articulation- Envelope
Monophonic
27. The body of a note
Harmonic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Scale Degree
Note Head
28. Unit of space in between bar lines
System
Supertonic
Measures
Ledger Lines
29. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Polyphonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Submediant
Dorian Mode
30. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Stem
Bar Lines
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
31. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
C Clef
Blues Scale
Tetrachord
Dot
32. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Duration
Measures
33. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dominant
Anacrusis
Compound Meter
Ledger Lines
34. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Mixolydian Mode
Subdivision
Mezzo-Soprano
35. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Neutral Clef
Natural Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Consonant
36. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Half Step
Note Head
Flag
Mediant
37. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Relative Minor
Beat
Lydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
38. 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
Staff
Syncopation
Monophonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
39. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Mezzo-Soprano
Cautionary Accidental
Subtonic
Chromatic Scale
40. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Whole Tone Scale
Scalar Variance
Major Scale
Final Bar Line
41. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Dorian Mode
Simple Meter
Whole Step
Subdivision
42. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Beat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Common Time (C)
43. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Compound Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Chromatic Scale
44. The distance between one wave and the next
Syncopation
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Beat
Phrygian Mode
45. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Sharp (#)
Bar Lines
Asymmetrical Meter
Hertz
46. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Chromatic Scale
Note Head
Final Bar Line
Simple Meter
47. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Mezzo-Soprano
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Consonant
Alto
48. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Submediant
Tempo
Enharmonic Equivalent
49. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Asymmetrical Meter
Tie
System
Flat (b)
50. A major church mode with no accidentals
Note Head
Final Bar Line
Ionian Mode
Rhythm