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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The length of time sound of silence occurs






9. 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






10. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






11. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






13. The body of a note






14. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






15. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






16. Indicates the end of a piece of music






17. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






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






19. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






22. The distance between one wave and the next






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






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






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






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






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






28. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






29. A single line of melody






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






31. Unit of space in between bar lines






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






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






34. An interval that consists of two half steps






35. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






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






38. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






39. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






40. A major church mode with a raised fourth






41. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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