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AP Music Theory

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






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






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






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






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






6. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






7. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






11. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






13. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






14. Unit of space in between bar lines






15. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






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






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






19. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






20. The body of a note






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






22. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






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






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






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






26. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






27. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






28. Indicates the end of a piece of music






29. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






30. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






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






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






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






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






35. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






37. A major church mode with a raised fourth






38. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






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






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






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






42. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






43. The speed of a beat






44. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






46. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






47. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






48. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






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