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AP Music Theory
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Leading Tone
Major Scale
Raised Submediant
Syncopation
2. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Cautionary Accidental
Whole Step
Compound Meter
Tie
3. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Staff
Key Signature
Ionian Mode
Submediant
4. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Neutral Clef
Bar Lines
Lydian Mode
Tetrachord
5. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Tie
Anacrusis
Leading Tone
6. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Ionian Mode
Consonant
Subtonic
Compound Meter
7. The distance between one wave and the next
Relative Minor
Church Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
8. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Whole Tone Scale
Hemiola
Leading Tone
Consonant
9. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Syncopation
Rhythm
Locrian Mode
Hemiola
10. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Simple Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Chromatic Scale
11. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Syncopation
Mediant
Supertonic
Polyphonic
12. A major church mode with no accidentals
Dot
Ionian Mode
Sharp (#)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
13. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Sharp (#)
Syncopation
Flat (b)
14. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Melodic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Scalar Variance
Soprano
15. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Natural Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subdominat
Phrygian Mode
16. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Neutral Clef
Scale Degree
Subtonic
Whole Tone Scale
17. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Sharp (#)
Relative Minor
Articulation- Envelope
18. Each step of a scale
Pentatonic Scale
Dominant
Scale Degree
Mixolydian Mode
19. Series of duration of sound and silence
Asymmetrical Meter
Soprano
Duration
Rhythm
20. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Hertz
Whole Tone Scale
Phrygian Mode
Dissonant
21. A single line of melody
Double Bar Line
Monophonic
Asymmetrical Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
22. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Hemiola
Beat
Lydian Mode
23. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Consonant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Supertonic
24. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Cautionary Accidental
Dominant
Pentatonic Scale
25. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Common Time (C)
Chromatic Scale
Bar Lines
Downbeat
26. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
C Clef
Tonic
Hemiola
27. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Double Flat (bb)
Baritone
Subtonic
Pure Minor Scale
28. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Double Flat (bb)
Pure Minor Scale
Subdominat
Meter
29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Dorian Mode
Sharp (#)
Double Flat (bb)
Ledger Lines
30. Unit of space in between bar lines
Chromatic Scale
Measures
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Key Signature
31. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Blues Scale
Bar Lines
Final Bar Line
32. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Scale
Neutral Clef
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
33. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Articulation- Envelope
C Clef
Supertonic
Sharp (#)
34. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Mixolydian Mode
Monophonic
Chromatic Scale
35. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Locrian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mixolydian Mode
Subdominat
36. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Mixolydian Mode
Syncopation
Hertz
37. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Bar Lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Natural Minor Scale
38. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Tie
Asymmetrical Meter
Grand Staff
39. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Subtonic
Scale
Blues Scale
40. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Locrian Mode
Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
41. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Melodic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
Aeolian Mode
42. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Relative Minor
Bar Lines
Pure Minor Scale
43. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Submediant
System
Locrian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
44. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Stem
Cautionary Accidental
Syncopation
Tenor
45. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Dominant
Whole Tone Scale
Simple Meter
46. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Leading Tone
Tie
Relative Minor
Hertz
47. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Major Scale
Compound Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Monophonic
48. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Double Sharp (X)
Simple Meter
Meter
Subdominat
49. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Articulation- Envelope
Mezzo-Soprano
Dorian Mode
C Clef
50. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Scale Degree
Subdivision
Common Time (C)
Blues Scale