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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






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






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






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






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






6. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






7. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The speed of a beat






16. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






17. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






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






20. A single line of melody






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






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






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






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






25. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






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






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






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






30. Each step of a scale






31. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






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






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






36. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






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






39. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






41. The smallest interval between two notes






42. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






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






44. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






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






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






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






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






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






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