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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. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Stem
Scalar Variance
Soprano
2. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Phrygian Mode
Staff
Double Flat (bb)
Blues Scale
3. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Tenor
Subtonic
Whole Step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
4. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Soprano
Subdivision
Alto
5. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Flat (b)
Melodic Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale
6. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Key Signature
Downbeat
Ledger Lines
7. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Minor Pentachord
Tenor
Duration
8. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Key Signature
Dot
Subdivision
Phrygian Mode
9. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Syncopation
Supertonic
Final Bar Line
Phrygian Mode
10. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Syncopation
Chromatic Scale
11. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Church Mode
Submediant
Alto
12. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Mezzo-Soprano
Leading Tone
Beat
Dissonant
13. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Natural Minor Scale
Subdominat
Duration
Tenor
14. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Double Flat (bb)
Whole Tone Scale
Tie
Beat
15. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Hertz
Dominant
Pentatonic Scale
Compound Meter
16. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Rhythm
Scale
Hertz
Harmonic Minor Scale
17. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Tenor
Half Step
Subdivision
18. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Subtonic
Ionian Mode
Dissonant
19. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Ledger Lines
Mixolydian Mode
Baritone
Dominant
20. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Meter
Hemiola
Raised Submediant
Half Step
21. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Grand Staff
Scalar Variance
Subdominat
Measures
22. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Pentatonic Scale
System
Meter
Tenor
23. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
System
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Supertonic
24. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Natural Minor Scale
Flat (b)
Asymmetrical Meter
Duration
25. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Meter
Supertonic
C Clef
26. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Scale
Stem
Phrygian Mode
Dot
27. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Locrian Mode
Neutral Clef
Common Time (C)
Subdominat
28. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Whole Step
Tie
Mediant
Natural Minor Scale
29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Tie
Flat (b)
Double Sharp (X)
Natural Minor Scale
30. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
System
Harmonic Minor Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Dominant
31. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Subdivision
Natural Minor Scale
Double Flat (bb)
32. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Duration
Whole Tone Scale
33. Unit of space in between bar lines
Tempo
Measures
Beat
Whole Tone Scale
34. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Minor Pentachord
Dorian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Flag
35. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Baritone
Soprano
Supertonic
36. A single line of melody
Raised Submediant
Monophonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Double Flat (bb)
37. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Pentatonic Scale
Common Time (C)
Key Signature
38. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subdominat
Minor Pentachord
Meter
39. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Mixolydian Mode
Mediant
Chromatic Scale
Raised Submediant
40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Dot
Compound Meter
Duration
41. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Church Mode
Submediant
Beat
Major Scale
42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Ledger Lines
Supertonic
Syncopation
43. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Lydian Mode
Leading Tone
Meter
Simple Meter
44. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Grand Staff
Submediant
Key Signature
Relative Minor
45. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Blues Scale
Subdivision
Monophonic
46. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Grand Staff
Baritone
Raised Submediant
47. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Duration
Note Head
Dorian Mode
Phrygian Mode
48. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Double Sharp (X)
Half Step
49. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Dominant
Pure Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
50. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Duration
Simple Meter
Major Scale
Bar Lines