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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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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. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Lydian Mode
Key Signature
Cautionary Accidental
2. The speed of a beat
Whole Step
Tempo
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Alto
3. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Tonic
Downbeat
Melodic Minor Scale
Submediant
4. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Natural Minor Scale
Mediant
Scale
5. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Pentatonic Scale
Major Scale
Subdivision
Final Bar Line
6. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Whole Tone Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Subtonic
7. Unit of space in between bar lines
Double Flat (bb)
Pentatonic Scale
Measures
Locrian Mode
8. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Lydian Mode
Relative Minor
Grand Staff
Whole Tone Scale
9. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale
Enharmonic Equivalent
Half Step
10. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Lydian Mode
Subtonic
Grand Staff
Dominant
11. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Harmonic Minor Scale
Half Step
System
Chromatic Scale
12. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Blues Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Alto
Tonic
13. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Major Scale
Meter
Relative Minor
14. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Aeolian Mode
System
Beat
15. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Consonant
Dissonant
Polyphonic
Hemiola
16. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Mediant
Pure Minor Scale
Major Scale
Grand Staff
17. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Mixolydian Mode
Meter
Duration
18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Syncopation
Grand Staff
Flat (b)
Ledger Lines
19. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Mezzo-Soprano
Subtonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
20. A single line of melody
Articulation- Envelope
Ionian Mode
Monophonic
Supertonic
21. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Sharp (#)
Double Bar Line
Key Signature
System
22. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Downbeat
Whole Tone Scale
Double Bar Line
Measures
23. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Melodic Minor Scale
Soprano
Tenor
Beat
24. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Relative Minor
Natural Minor Scale
Monophonic
Mixolydian Mode
25. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Supertonic
Subdominat
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mediant
26. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Double Sharp (X)
Major Scale
System
Scale
27. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Minor Pentachord
Tonic
Double Flat (bb)
Mezzo-Soprano
28. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Whole Tone Scale
Lydian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Flat (b)
29. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Double Bar Line
Blues Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
30. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Pentatonic Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Double Flat (bb)
Blues Scale
31. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Double Bar Line
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tempo
Tonic
32. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Ledger Lines
Leading Tone
Whole Step
33. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Sharp (X)
Mediant
34. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Polyphonic
Natural Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Half Step
35. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Syncopation
Double Sharp (X)
Anacrusis
36. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Note Head
Beat
Simple Meter
Neutral Clef
37. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Tone Scale
Blues Scale
38. The body of a note
Natural Minor Scale
Simple Meter
Tie
Note Head
39. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Church Mode
Grand Staff
Subdominat
40. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Chromatic Scale
Hertz
Flag
Dot
41. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Downbeat
Leading Tone
Anacrusis
42. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Scale
Common Time (C)
Bar Lines
Pentatonic Scale
43. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Scalar Variance
Whole Tone Scale
Raised Submediant
Supertonic
44. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Simple Meter
Syncopation
Neutral Clef
45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Scalar Variance
Neutral Clef
Articulation- Envelope
46. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Flag
Cautionary Accidental
Mediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
47. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Raised Submediant
Dorian Mode
Subtonic
Grand Staff
48. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Final Bar Line
Duration
Pentatonic Scale
Whole Step
49. 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
Mediant
Raised Submediant
Pure Minor Scale
Staff
50. The smallest interval between two notes
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
Downbeat
Half Step