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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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1. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Simple Meter
Key Signature
Dorian Mode
Leading Tone
2. The smallest interval between two notes
Relative Minor
Half Step
Lydian Mode
Tempo
3. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Common Time (C)
Staff
Articulation- Envelope
Subtonic
4. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Articulation- Envelope
Tenor
Subdominat
Hertz
5. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Minor Pentachord
Double Sharp (X)
Natural Minor Scale
6. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Chromatic Scale
C Clef
7. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Whole Step
Major Scale
Scale
Consonant
8. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Phrygian Mode
Hemiola
Flat (b)
Grand Staff
9. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Chromatic Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Cautionary Accidental
Meter
10. 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
Tenor
Hemiola
Staff
Dot
11. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Whole Tone Scale
Sharp (#)
Mezzo-Soprano
Subdivision
12. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mezzo-Soprano
Cautionary Accidental
Subtonic
13. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Scalar Variance
Phrygian Mode
Raised Submediant
Subdivision
14. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Baritone
Submediant
Raised Submediant
15. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Subdivision
Alto
Staff
16. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Tonic
Monophonic
Beat
Dorian Mode
17. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dorian Mode
Dot
Dominant
Harmonic Minor Scale
18. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Subdivision
Soprano
Pure Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
19. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
System
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tetrachord
Double Bar Line
20. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Monophonic
Neutral Clef
Minor Pentachord
Downbeat
21. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Final Bar Line
Enharmonic Equivalent
Alto
Key Signature
22. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
System
Anacrusis
Flag
Whole Step
23. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Raised Submediant
Blues Scale
Neutral Clef
Duration
24. An interval that consists of two half steps
Mediant
Tetrachord
Whole Step
Double Sharp (X)
25. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Subdivision
System
Blues Scale
Flag
26. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
C Clef
Stem
Submediant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
27. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Whole Step
Aeolian Mode
Tetrachord
28. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Tone Scale
Hemiola
Natural Minor Scale
29. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Tonic
Articulation- Envelope
Dorian Mode
Tie
30. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Subdivision
Soprano
Enharmonic Equivalent
Neutral Clef
31. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Scale Degree
System
Raised Submediant
Lydian Mode
32. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Scale Degree
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Sharp (#)
Baritone
33. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Beat
Downbeat
Duration
Scalar Variance
34. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dorian Mode
Key Signature
Duration
35. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Dissonant
Compound Meter
Cautionary Accidental
36. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Mediant
Note Head
Dot
Stem
37. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Mixolydian Mode
Tempo
Hemiola
Simple Meter
38. The body of a note
Key Signature
Anacrusis
Note Head
Dorian Mode
39. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Ledger Lines
Meter
40. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Soprano
Church Mode
Dorian Mode
Final Bar Line
41. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Hertz
Mixolydian Mode
Meter
42. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Rhythm
Beat
Natural Minor Scale
Measures
43. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Supertonic
Double Sharp (X)
Beat
Ledger Lines
44. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Ionian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Final Bar Line
45. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Final Bar Line
Subtonic
Tonic
Church Mode
46. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Melodic Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Articulation- Envelope
Aeolian Mode
47. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Dissonant
Asymmetrical Meter
Dot
Pure Minor Scale
48. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Subtonic
Phrygian Mode
Raised Submediant
Grand Staff
49. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Flat (b)
Beat
Lydian Mode
Dominant
50. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Tempo
Common Time (C)
Pentatonic Scale
Mezzo-Soprano