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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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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. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Major Scale
Tempo
Meter
2. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Hemiola
Duration
Dorian Mode
3. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
C Clef
Natural Minor Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Baritone
4. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Sharp (#)
Hemiola
Scalar Variance
Measures
5. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Note Head
6. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Pentatonic Scale
Lydian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
7. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Raised Submediant
Tonic
Aeolian Mode
Sharp (#)
8. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Locrian Mode
Subtonic
Syncopation
Cautionary Accidental
9. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Polyphonic
Ionian Mode
Relative Minor
Pure Minor Scale
10. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Aeolian Mode
Meter
Bar Lines
Duration
11. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Phrygian Mode
C Clef
Tenor
Leading Tone
12. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Mixolydian Mode
Consonant
Double Sharp (X)
Submediant
13. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Note Head
Simple Meter
Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
14. An interval that consists of two half steps
Ionian Mode
Church Mode
Scalar Variance
Whole Step
15. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Final Bar Line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Flag
Tenor
16. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Measures
Raised Submediant
Double Bar Line
Enharmonic Equivalent
17. 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
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Rhythm
Staff
Duration
18. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Duration
Asymmetrical Meter
Supertonic
Simple Meter
19. The body of a note
Flag
Note Head
Locrian Mode
Ledger Lines
20. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Simple Meter
Blues Scale
Final Bar Line
21. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Submediant
Sharp (#)
Measures
22. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Polyphonic
Phrygian Mode
Rhythm
Common Time (C)
23. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Sharp (#)
Monophonic
Subdivision
24. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Tempo
Double Bar Line
Dominant
Sharp (#)
25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Polyphonic
Subdivision
Natural Minor Scale
Flat (b)
26. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Mixolydian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Submediant
Mezzo-Soprano
27. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Melodic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
Beat
Ionian Mode
28. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Raised Submediant
Dot
Meter
Locrian Mode
29. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Bar Lines
Sharp (#)
30. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Baritone
Scale Degree
Cautionary Accidental
Duration
31. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Mezzo-Soprano
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tetrachord
Major Scale
32. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Hertz
Tenor
Beat
33. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Sharp (#)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Half Step
34. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Compound Meter
Tonic
System
Dominant
35. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Phrygian Mode
Dot
Locrian Mode
Simple Meter
36. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Submediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Monophonic
Natural Minor Scale
37. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Blues Scale
Tenor
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Step
38. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
C Clef
Simple Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
Double Bar Line
39. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subdivision
Subtonic
Major Scale
40. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Polyphonic
Double Bar Line
Dorian Mode
Subdivision
41. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Locrian Mode
Church Mode
Consonant
Alto
42. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Soprano
Subdominat
Dominant
Major Scale
43. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Subdominat
Dot
Key Signature
Pentatonic Scale
44. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Baritone
Anacrusis
Relative Minor
Dot
45. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale
Scale
46. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Final Bar Line
Minor Pentachord
Meter
Whole Step
47. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Downbeat
Major Scale
Common Time (C)
48. A single line of melody
Scalar Variance
Monophonic
Beat
Cautionary Accidental
49. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Tie
Natural Minor Scale
Consonant
50. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Final Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
Major Scale