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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






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






5. Unit of space in between bar lines






6. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






8. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






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






11. The distance between one wave and the next






12. The body of a note






13. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






14. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






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






16. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






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






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






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






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






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






22. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






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






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






26. An interval that consists of two half steps






27. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






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






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






30. A single line of melody






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






32. The length of time sound of silence occurs






33. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






42. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






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






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






45. The speed of a beat






46. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






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






48. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






49. Each step of a scale






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