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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The body of a note






2. The smallest interval between two notes






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






4. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






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






7. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






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






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






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






12. The speed of a beat






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






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






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






16. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






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






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






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






22. A major church mode with a raised fourth






23. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






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






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






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






28. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






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






31. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






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






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






35. Unit of space in between bar lines






36. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






38. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






39. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






40. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






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






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






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






44. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






46. A single line of melody






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






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






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






50. The distance between one wave and the next