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AP Music Theory

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1. The body of a note






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






3. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






4. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






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






9. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






10. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






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






12. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






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






19. Series of duration of sound and silence






20. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






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






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






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






24. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






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






26. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






27. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






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






29. A major church mode with a raised fourth






30. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






31. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






32. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






34. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






35. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






36. The smallest interval between two notes






37. A single line of melody






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






39. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






40. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






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






43. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






45. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






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






47. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






48. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






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