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AP Music Theory

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1. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






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






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






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






5. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






6. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






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






8. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






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






10. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






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






12. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






13. 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






14. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






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






16. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






17. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






19. An interval that consists of two half steps






20. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






21. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






22. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






23. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






24. The body of a note






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






26. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






27. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






29. The distance between one wave and the next






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






31. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






32. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






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






35. The length of time sound of silence occurs






36. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






37. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






38. A major church mode with no accidentals






39. Unit of space in between bar lines






40. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






41. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






42. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






43. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






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






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






48. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






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






50. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale