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AP Music Theory
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1. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Natural Minor Scale
Flat (b)
Cautionary Accidental
Dissonant
2. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Polyphonic
Leading Tone
Rhythm
3. 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
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Compound Meter
Staff
Half Step
4. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subtonic
Subdominat
C Clef
Pure Minor Scale
5. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
System
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Baritone
6. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Subdominat
Relative Minor
Supertonic
Pentatonic Scale
7. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Flag
8. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Phrygian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Consonant
Church Mode
9. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Rhythm
Enharmonic Equivalent
Cautionary Accidental
Melodic Minor Scale
10. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Mediant
Leading Tone
Dorian Mode
Note Head
11. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Subtonic
Neutral Clef
Relative Minor
12. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tonic
Tetrachord
Whole Tone Scale
Half Step
13. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Mezzo-Soprano
Mediant
Sharp (#)
Common Time (C)
14. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Mediant
Locrian Mode
Double Bar Line
Dot
15. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Key Signature
Tie
Polyphonic
16. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Tetrachord
Dorian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Supertonic
17. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Mixolydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Supertonic
Compound Meter
18. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Hertz
Sharp (#)
Ledger Lines
19. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Church Mode
Alto
Dot
Blues Scale
20. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Tenor
Compound Meter
Dominant
21. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Subdivision
Church Mode
Tie
Tenor
22. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Downbeat
C Clef
Flag
Neutral Clef
23. The smallest interval between two notes
Enharmonic Equivalent
Blues Scale
Rhythm
Half Step
24. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Supertonic
Major Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
25. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Supertonic
Tie
Common Time (C)
Bar Lines
26. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Ionian Mode
Dot
Tempo
27. The body of a note
Hertz
Alto
Note Head
C Clef
28. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Common Time (C)
Syncopation
Alto
Mezzo-Soprano
29. Each step of a scale
Double Bar Line
Tie
Scale Degree
Stem
30. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Harmonic Minor Scale
Minor Pentachord
Articulation- Envelope
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
31. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Dorian Mode
Anacrusis
Double Sharp (X)
32. An interval that consists of two half steps
Submediant
Key Signature
Dissonant
Whole Step
33. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Downbeat
Hemiola
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Natural Minor Scale
34. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Common Time (C)
Asymmetrical Meter
Scale
Blues Scale
35. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Melodic Minor Scale
Key Signature
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ledger Lines
36. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Double Flat (bb)
Dorian Mode
Mediant
Bar Lines
37. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Blues Scale
Dominant
Scale
38. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Church Mode
Final Bar Line
Double Sharp (X)
Tonic
39. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Mixolydian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Key Signature
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
40. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Chromatic Scale
Minor Pentachord
Ionian Mode
Soprano
41. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Dorian Mode
Subdivision
Meter
Chromatic Scale
42. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Simple Meter
Scalar Variance
Final Bar Line
Aeolian Mode
43. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Mediant
Chromatic Scale
Hemiola
Measures
44. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Grand Staff
Flag
Enharmonic Equivalent
Articulation- Envelope
45. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Subdominat
Hertz
Anacrusis
Relative Minor
46. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Aeolian Mode
Mediant
Bar Lines
Common Time (C)
47. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Tenor
Lydian Mode
Subdivision
Tetrachord
48. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Mixolydian Mode
Flag
Dissonant
Enharmonic Equivalent
49. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Polyphonic
Stem
Scale Degree
Mezzo-Soprano
50. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Compound Meter
Simple Meter
Submediant
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