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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






2. Each step of a scale






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






4. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






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






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






9. The smallest interval between two notes






10. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






12. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






13. The distance between one wave and the next






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






15. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






16. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






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






18. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






20. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






22. The body of a note






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






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






25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






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






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






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






29. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






30. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






33. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






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






35. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






37. A single line of melody






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






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






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






41. 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






42. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






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






46. A major church mode with a raised fourth






47. An interval that consists of two half steps






48. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






49. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






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