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AP Music Theory
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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. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Downbeat
Aeolian Mode
Half Step
Final Bar Line
2. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Bar Lines
Harmonic Minor Scale
Downbeat
3. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Half Step
Grand Staff
Harmonic Minor Scale
Rhythm
4. The distance between one wave and the next
Subdominat
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Mixolydian Mode
Beat
5. A single line of melody
Leading Tone
Double Bar Line
Monophonic
Asymmetrical Meter
6. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Major Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Whole Tone Scale
Subtonic
7. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Alto
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tie
8. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Articulation- Envelope
Dot
Ionian Mode
Simple Meter
9. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Leading Tone
Minor Pentachord
Scalar Variance
Mediant
10. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Dot
Neutral Clef
Flag
Chromatic Scale
11. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Lydian Mode
Tie
Hertz
Measures
12. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Soprano
Hemiola
Major Scale
13. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Rhythm
Hertz
Beat
14. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Natural Minor Scale
Submediant
Mediant
Measures
15. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Note Head
Dorian Mode
Raised Submediant
16. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Enharmonic Equivalent
Mediant
Lydian Mode
Phrygian Mode
17. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Enharmonic Equivalent
Supertonic
Dominant
Syncopation
18. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Grand Staff
Compound Meter
Whole Tone Scale
19. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Baritone
Natural Minor Scale
Grand Staff
Ledger Lines
20. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Downbeat
Cautionary Accidental
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Half Step
21. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Ionian Mode
Tenor
Meter
22. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Subdivision
Cautionary Accidental
Blues Scale
Aeolian Mode
23. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Hertz
Syncopation
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Mediant
24. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Key Signature
Alto
Tenor
Subtonic
25. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Soprano
Whole Tone Scale
Dissonant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
26. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Syncopation
Submediant
Leading Tone
Mediant
27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Articulation- Envelope
Pure Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Scale Degree
28. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Double Bar Line
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Phrygian Mode
29. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Mezzo-Soprano
Major Scale
Soprano
Relative Minor
30. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Measures
Whole Tone Scale
Whole Step
Tempo
31. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Flag
Pentatonic Scale
Pure Minor Scale
32. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Ledger Lines
Measures
Phrygian Mode
33. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Tonic
Neutral Clef
Flag
34. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Dissonant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Submediant
Chromatic Scale
35. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Final Bar Line
Church Mode
Note Head
Rhythm
36. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Monophonic
Beat
System
37. 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
Double Bar Line
Staff
Chromatic Scale
Subtonic
38. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Natural Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Baritone
Note Head
39. Each step of a scale
Raised Submediant
Scale Degree
Tenor
Natural Minor Scale
40. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Submediant
Mixolydian Mode
Flag
Hemiola
41. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Rhythm
Subdominat
Stem
Locrian Mode
42. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Downbeat
Pure Minor Scale
Subdominat
Hertz
43. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Chromatic Scale
Subtonic
Subdominat
Mixolydian Mode
44. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Alto
Enharmonic Equivalent
Meter
Stem
45. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Dominant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Melodic Minor Scale
46. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dot
Anacrusis
Alto
Rhythm
47. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Ledger Lines
Enharmonic Equivalent
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Supertonic
48. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dominant
Double Sharp (X)
Tonic
49. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Double Bar Line
Stem
Scale
Whole Tone Scale
50. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Natural Minor Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Hemiola