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AP Music Theory

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






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






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






4. The smallest interval between two notes






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






12. Each step of a scale






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






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






15. Indicates the end of a piece of music






16. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






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






19. The body of a note






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






28. An interval that consists of two half steps






29. Series of duration of sound and silence






30. A single line of melody






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






32. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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






47. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






49. The distance between one wave and the next






50. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures