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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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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. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Flag
Melodic Minor Scale
Rhythm
Minor Pentachord
2. A major church mode with no accidentals
Polyphonic
Natural Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
Bar Lines
3. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Tonic
Aeolian Mode
Sharp (#)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
4. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Minor Pentachord
Relative Minor
Soprano
Syncopation
5. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Chromatic Scale
Mixolydian Mode
6. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Consonant
Common Time (C)
Double Sharp (X)
Monophonic
7. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scale Degree
Scalar Variance
Staff
Dominant
8. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Half Step
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Downbeat
Locrian Mode
9. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Ledger Lines
Minor Pentachord
Subdivision
Dominant
10. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Common Time (C)
Baritone
Ledger Lines
Enharmonic Equivalent
11. The speed of a beat
Minor Pentachord
Alto
Tempo
Tenor
12. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Tonic
Beat
Baritone
Flat (b)
13. The body of a note
Note Head
Cautionary Accidental
Relative Minor
Flag
14. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Leading Tone
Anacrusis
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
15. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Minor Pentachord
Asymmetrical Meter
Submediant
Measures
16. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Meter
Church Mode
Ledger Lines
Mezzo-Soprano
17. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Anacrusis
Tetrachord
Mezzo-Soprano
Dorian Mode
18. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Minor Pentachord
Mixolydian Mode
Raised Submediant
19. An interval that consists of two half steps
Mezzo-Soprano
Flat (b)
Tempo
Whole Step
20. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Supertonic
Subdominat
21. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Beat
Supertonic
Natural Minor Scale
22. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Final Bar Line
Chromatic Scale
Dissonant
Scale
23. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Whole Step
Double Sharp (X)
Consonant
Natural Minor Scale
24. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Note Head
Submediant
Whole Step
25. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Enharmonic Equivalent
Hemiola
Half Step
26. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Subdivision
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Natural Minor Scale
27. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Compound Meter
Stem
Ledger Lines
Dominant
28. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Tenor
Aeolian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
29. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Ionian Mode
Minor Pentachord
30. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Phrygian Mode
Blues Scale
Dot
Baritone
31. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Tetrachord
Simple Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Cautionary Accidental
32. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Cautionary Accidental
Pentatonic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
33. The smallest interval between two notes
Locrian Mode
Half Step
Final Bar Line
Flat (b)
34. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Mixolydian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Lydian Mode
35. The distance between one wave and the next
Hemiola
Supertonic
Dot
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
36. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Key Signature
Measures
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
37. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Locrian Mode
Submediant
Hemiola
Duration
38. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ionian Mode
Baritone
Subdivision
39. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Final Bar Line
Half Step
Relative Minor
Polyphonic
40. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Duration
Double Sharp (X)
Leading Tone
Asymmetrical Meter
41. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Downbeat
Beat
Hertz
42. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Major Scale
Consonant
Dot
43. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Double Bar Line
Subtonic
Bar Lines
44. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Meter
Raised Submediant
Subtonic
Aeolian Mode
45. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Asymmetrical Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
46. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Scale Degree
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Aeolian Mode
Sharp (#)
47. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Church Mode
Hemiola
Scale Degree
48. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Double Flat (bb)
Phrygian Mode
Simple Meter
Tempo
49. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Flag
Stem
Mediant
Chromatic Scale
50. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Tonic
Minor Pentachord
Mediant
Monophonic