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AP Music Theory
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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. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Whole Step
Downbeat
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Rhythm
2. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
3. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Mezzo-Soprano
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Compound Meter
Aeolian Mode
4. Each step of a scale
Subdominat
Tenor
Scale Degree
Double Flat (bb)
5. The speed of a beat
Half Step
Pure Minor Scale
Tempo
Mediant
6. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Asymmetrical Meter
Hemiola
Dorian Mode
Leading Tone
7. 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
Relative Minor
Scalar Variance
Flag
Staff
8. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Final Bar Line
Major Scale
Polyphonic
Church Mode
9. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Soprano
Flat (b)
Baritone
Chromatic Scale
10. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Soprano
Key Signature
Asymmetrical Meter
11. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Cautionary Accidental
Dot
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Flat (bb)
12. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
C Clef
Flat (b)
Sharp (#)
13. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Ledger Lines
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Beat
Major Scale
14. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Pure Minor Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Half Step
Natural Minor Scale
15. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Tempo
Baritone
Tetrachord
Blues Scale
16. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Leading Tone
Harmonic Minor Scale
Stem
17. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Dot
Polyphonic
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Sharp (X)
18. The smallest interval between two notes
Locrian Mode
Phrygian Mode
Half Step
Mixolydian Mode
19. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Pure Minor Scale
Alto
Relative Minor
Melodic Minor Scale
20. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Submediant
Bar Lines
Supertonic
Tempo
21. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Half Step
Tie
Church Mode
Articulation- Envelope
22. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Leading Tone
Blues Scale
Ionian Mode
23. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Phrygian Mode
C Clef
Key Signature
Scale
24. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Relative Minor
Scale Degree
Anacrusis
Raised Submediant
25. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Relative Minor
Monophonic
Staff
Double Bar Line
26. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Scale
Compound Meter
Locrian Mode
Grand Staff
27. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Common Time (C)
Note Head
Duration
Articulation- Envelope
28. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Supertonic
Anacrusis
Rhythm
29. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Measures
Ledger Lines
Polyphonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
30. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Flat (b)
Hemiola
Anacrusis
31. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Church Mode
Sharp (#)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
32. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Staff
Hemiola
Melodic Minor Scale
Grand Staff
33. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Hemiola
Subdivision
Anacrusis
Flat (b)
34. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Staff
Subtonic
Consonant
35. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Downbeat
Articulation- Envelope
Whole Tone Scale
Double Flat (bb)
36. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Syncopation
Pure Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Major Scale
37. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Natural Minor Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdominat
Flat (b)
38. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Submediant
Measures
39. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Hemiola
Aeolian Mode
Grand Staff
40. An interval that consists of two half steps
Subdominat
Whole Step
Dorian Mode
Stem
41. A single line of melody
Subtonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
Monophonic
Mezzo-Soprano
42. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Major Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
43. The distance between one wave and the next
Major Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
44. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Compound Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Ionian Mode
Neutral Clef
45. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Simple Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Ledger Lines
Minor Pentachord
46. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Chromatic Scale
Soprano
Subtonic
Subdominat
47. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Double Flat (bb)
System
Final Bar Line
Half Step
48. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Measures
Final Bar Line
Key Signature
Note Head
49. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Chromatic Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Double Flat (bb)
50. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Syncopation
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Baritone