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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
System
Double Flat (bb)
Note Head
Hemiola
2. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Flag
Subtonic
Syncopation
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
3. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Staff
Pure Minor Scale
Common Time (C)
Mezzo-Soprano
4. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Double Bar Line
Common Time (C)
Lydian Mode
Tempo
5. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Key Signature
Subdominat
Supertonic
Blues Scale
6. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Key Signature
Staff
Subtonic
Tie
7. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Neutral Clef
Leading Tone
Articulation- Envelope
Chromatic Scale
8. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Minor Pentachord
Stem
Tonic
Dot
9. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Polyphonic
Dissonant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Subtonic
10. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Compound Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Soprano
Dot
11. Unit of space in between bar lines
Syncopation
Hemiola
Measures
Common Time (C)
12. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Note Head
Rhythm
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Asymmetrical Meter
13. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Hemiola
Grand Staff
Mezzo-Soprano
Ledger Lines
14. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Church Mode
System
15. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Final Bar Line
System
Dorian Mode
16. 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
Scale Degree
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
17. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
18. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Submediant
Chromatic Scale
Duration
19. The body of a note
Rhythm
Final Bar Line
Tenor
Note Head
20. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Tenor
Bar Lines
Leading Tone
Sharp (#)
21. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Chromatic Scale
Flat (b)
Major Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
22. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Alto
Consonant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Half Step
23. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Flat (b)
Scale Degree
Double Bar Line
24. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Sharp (#)
Duration
Mediant
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
25. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Hertz
Tonic
Major Scale
Lydian Mode
26. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Common Time (C)
Beat
Stem
Leading Tone
27. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Hemiola
Major Scale
Minor Pentachord
28. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Ionian Mode
Compound Meter
Dorian Mode
Dissonant
29. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Supertonic
Lydian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Locrian Mode
30. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Melodic Minor Scale
Staff
Supertonic
Dominant
31. A single line of melody
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Monophonic
Note Head
Final Bar Line
32. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Raised Submediant
Anacrusis
Tonic
Final Bar Line
33. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subtonic
Flat (b)
34. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Mixolydian Mode
Soprano
Supertonic
Whole Tone Scale
35. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Scale Degree
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Tie
Double Flat (bb)
36. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Tetrachord
Minor Pentachord
Dot
Final Bar Line
37. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Beat
Melodic Minor Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
38. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Anacrusis
Note Head
Natural Minor Scale
39. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Syncopation
Tonic
Double Sharp (X)
Key Signature
40. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Anacrusis
Polyphonic
System
41. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Natural Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
42. Each step of a scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Anacrusis
Scale Degree
Half Step
43. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Aeolian Mode
Ionian Mode
Subdominat
Measures
44. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Tetrachord
Phrygian Mode
45. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Supertonic
Dominant
Subtonic
46. The speed of a beat
Subdivision
Baritone
Dominant
Tempo
47. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Beat
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
48. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Simple Meter
Subdivision
Tenor
Consonant
49. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Beat
Polyphonic
Natural Minor Scale
Stem
50. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Major Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight