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AP Music Theory
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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. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Subdivision
Alto
Syncopation
2. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Measures
Pure Minor Scale
3. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Relative Minor
4. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Major Scale
Tonic
Monophonic
Meter
5. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Whole Tone Scale
Ionian Mode
Duration
6. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Alto
Whole Step
Double Bar Line
Subdominat
7. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Leading Tone
Half Step
Phrygian Mode
Dorian Mode
8. The speed of a beat
Tenor
Tempo
Note Head
Cautionary Accidental
9. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Aeolian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Enharmonic Equivalent
10. Each step of a scale
Locrian Mode
Scale Degree
Relative Minor
Stem
11. The body of a note
Ionian Mode
Common Time (C)
Tie
Note Head
12. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Minor Pentachord
Syncopation
Lydian Mode
Dominant
13. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
C Clef
Flag
Dorian Mode
14. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Scale Degree
Flag
Submediant
Chromatic Scale
15. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Syncopation
Ledger Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Consonant
16. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Consonant
Soprano
Tie
Minor Pentachord
17. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Cautionary Accidental
Meter
Note Head
Tetrachord
18. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Anacrusis
Subdivision
Alto
C Clef
19. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Mixolydian Mode
Raised Submediant
Locrian Mode
Common Time (C)
20. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Natural Minor Scale
Whole Step
Staff
Church Mode
21. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Staff
Tonic
Natural Minor Scale
Blues Scale
22. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Downbeat
Flag
Dissonant
23. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Tempo
Church Mode
Polyphonic
24. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Submediant
Leading Tone
Neutral Clef
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
25. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Melodic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Note Head
26. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Mixolydian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Common Time (C)
27. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Measures
Downbeat
Locrian Mode
Raised Submediant
28. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Double Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
Bar Lines
Stem
29. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Baritone
Polyphonic
Whole Tone Scale
Whole Step
30. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Subdominat
Common Time (C)
Minor Pentachord
Subtonic
31. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Compound Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Articulation- Envelope
32. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Enharmonic Equivalent
Half Step
Rhythm
33. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Natural Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
Syncopation
Dissonant
34. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Blues Scale
Supertonic
Monophonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
35. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Melodic Minor Scale
Anacrusis
Hemiola
Phrygian Mode
36. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Grand Staff
Supertonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
37. The distance between one wave and the next
Harmonic Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Tetrachord
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
38. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Mezzo-Soprano
Dot
39. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Mediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Church Mode
Chromatic Scale
40. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Measures
Cautionary Accidental
Subdivision
Dissonant
41. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Stem
Final Bar Line
Church Mode
Scale
42. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Minor Pentachord
Anacrusis
Submediant
Ledger Lines
43. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Scalar Variance
Chromatic Scale
Articulation- Envelope
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Lydian Mode
Tie
Double Flat (bb)
Sharp (#)
45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Grand Staff
Enharmonic Equivalent
Locrian Mode
46. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Downbeat
Double Sharp (X)
Mezzo-Soprano
47. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
C Clef
Hertz
Grand Staff
Submediant
48. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Tie
Flat (b)
Simple Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
49. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
C Clef
Church Mode
Hemiola
50. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Sharp (#)
Dominant
Cautionary Accidental