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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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ap
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performing-arts
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music
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. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Locrian Mode
Relative Minor
Alto
Tempo
2. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Key Signature
Raised Submediant
Duration
3. The body of a note
Tonic
Key Signature
Note Head
Submediant
4. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Bar Lines
Ionian Mode
Tenor
Double Flat (bb)
5. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Raised Submediant
Beat
Melodic Minor Scale
Key Signature
6. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Double Bar Line
Phrygian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Supertonic
7. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Major Scale
Monophonic
Hertz
Church Mode
8. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Subdivision
Soprano
Bar Lines
9. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Beat
Simple Meter
Neutral Clef
Tonic
10. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Minor Pentachord
Flag
Ledger Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
11. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Downbeat
Blues Scale
Dissonant
Bar Lines
12. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Subdivision
Downbeat
Major Scale
Tie
13. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Simple Meter
Common Time (C)
Mediant
Half Step
14. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Melodic Minor Scale
Syncopation
Mediant
C Clef
15. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Final Bar Line
Ionian Mode
Meter
16. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Scale Degree
Aeolian Mode
Alto
Monophonic
17. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Major Scale
Syncopation
Whole Tone Scale
18. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Pentatonic Scale
Dot
Common Time (C)
Meter
19. A single line of melody
Rhythm
Staff
Monophonic
Scale Degree
20. 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
Staff
Blues Scale
Monophonic
Scale Degree
21. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Pentatonic Scale
Tonic
Downbeat
Subtonic
22. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Supertonic
Articulation- Envelope
Tonic
23. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Dominant
Minor Pentachord
Compound Meter
Flat (b)
24. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Common Time (C)
Phrygian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subdominat
25. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Half Step
Common Time (C)
Consonant
Asymmetrical Meter
26. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Raised Submediant
Rhythm
Grand Staff
Consonant
27. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Beat
Double Bar Line
Supertonic
28. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Mediant
Anacrusis
Church Mode
Hertz
29. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Soprano
Hemiola
Rhythm
30. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Dominant
Hemiola
Chromatic Scale
Dorian Mode
31. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Note Head
Blues Scale
Syncopation
Consonant
32. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Tie
Mediant
Dot
33. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Measures
Double Sharp (X)
Subdivision
34. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Tetrachord
Harmonic Minor Scale
System
Subdivision
35. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Tempo
Submediant
Double Bar Line
Locrian Mode
36. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Enharmonic Equivalent
Natural Minor Scale
37. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Aeolian Mode
Tie
Scale
Whole Tone Scale
38. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Double Sharp (X)
Whole Tone Scale
Tenor
Meter
39. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Half Step
Note Head
Bar Lines
40. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Lydian Mode
Neutral Clef
Anacrusis
Pentatonic Scale
41. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Alto
Subdominat
Dot
42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Lydian Mode
Compound Meter
Supertonic
Sharp (#)
43. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Subdivision
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Alto
Downbeat
44. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Aeolian Mode
Duration
Subdivision
Leading Tone
45. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdivision
Asymmetrical Meter
Subtonic
Subdominat
46. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Major Scale
Syncopation
Half Step
Lydian Mode
47. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Scale Degree
Polyphonic
48. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Double Sharp (X)
Common Time (C)
Major Scale
49. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Baritone
Stem
Anacrusis
Rhythm
50. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Grand Staff
Major Scale
Compound Meter