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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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performing-arts
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music
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. Series of duration of sound and silence
Dominant
Rhythm
Melodic Minor Scale
C Clef
2. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Hertz
Double Bar Line
Subtonic
Pentatonic Scale
3. The smallest interval between two notes
Polyphonic
Natural Minor Scale
Subdominat
Half Step
4. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Half Step
Dominant
Baritone
5. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Dominant
Staff
Double Flat (bb)
Mixolydian Mode
6. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Meter
Major Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
7. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Beat
Tempo
Dot
Church Mode
8. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Natural Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Flat (b)
9. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Submediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Anacrusis
Measures
10. Unit of space in between bar lines
Scale Degree
Phrygian Mode
Measures
Mixolydian Mode
11. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Lydian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Dissonant
Submediant
12. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Subtonic
Natural Minor Scale
Major Scale
Phrygian Mode
13. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Raised Submediant
System
Pure Minor Scale
14. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Common Time (C)
Tempo
Stem
Compound Meter
15. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Tie
Supertonic
Articulation- Envelope
Leading Tone
16. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
C Clef
Tenor
Harmonic Minor Scale
17. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Minor Pentachord
Lydian Mode
Hertz
18. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Double Bar Line
Meter
Duration
Church Mode
19. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
System
Chromatic Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdominat
20. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Dissonant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subdivision
Subdominat
21. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
C Clef
Supertonic
Natural Minor Scale
Alto
22. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Supertonic
Subdivision
Tenor
23. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Note Head
Lydian Mode
Alto
24. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Meter
Scale Degree
Double Bar Line
25. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Blues Scale
Half Step
Scale Degree
C Clef
26. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Consonant
Ledger Lines
Scale Degree
Relative Minor
27. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Rhythm
Final Bar Line
Scale Degree
Consonant
28. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Downbeat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Double Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
29. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Ionian Mode
Measures
Pentatonic Scale
Simple Meter
30. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Subdominat
Downbeat
Double Sharp (X)
Relative Minor
31. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
C Clef
Double Sharp (X)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Articulation- Envelope
32. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Mezzo-Soprano
Syncopation
Grand Staff
Double Bar Line
33. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Aeolian Mode
Hemiola
Key Signature
Flag
34. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Mediant
Church Mode
Tie
Minor Pentachord
35. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Simple Meter
Church Mode
Dorian Mode
Staff
36. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Subtonic
Tempo
Double Flat (bb)
Hertz
37. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Flag
Polyphonic
Rhythm
Blues Scale
38. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Common Time (C)
Dissonant
Natural Minor Scale
39. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Measures
Subdominat
Hertz
Grand Staff
40. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Scalar Variance
Neutral Clef
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Double Flat (bb)
41. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Scalar Variance
Relative Minor
Chromatic Scale
Flag
42. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Aeolian Mode
Tetrachord
Articulation- Envelope
43. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
System
Supertonic
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
44. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Subdivision
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Simple Meter
45. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Soprano
Compound Meter
Measures
46. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Soprano
Dot
Bar Lines
Hemiola
47. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
C Clef
Raised Submediant
Locrian Mode
Measures
48. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Flag
Subtonic
Anacrusis
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
49. Each step of a scale
Whole Step
Double Sharp (X)
Scale Degree
Meter
50. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Staff
Enharmonic Equivalent
Hertz
Simple Meter