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AP Music Theory

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1. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






2. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






3. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






4. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






6. The speed of a beat






7. Each step of a scale






8. The smallest interval between two notes






9. A major church mode with no accidentals






10. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






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






12. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






13. Unit of space in between bar lines






14. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






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






16. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






17. The distance between one wave and the next






18. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






19. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






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






21. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






22. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






23. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






24. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






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






26. Indicates the end of a piece of music






27. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






28. The body of a note






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






30. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






31. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






32. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






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






34. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






35. Series of duration of sound and silence






36. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






37. 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






38. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






40. A single line of melody






41. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






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






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






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






45. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






46. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






47. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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