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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. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Alto
Chromatic Scale
Tempo
Harmonic Minor Scale
2. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Stem
Compound Meter
Bar Lines
Dissonant
3. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Aeolian Mode
Dot
Chromatic Scale
Subdominat
4. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Downbeat
Cautionary Accidental
Flag
Dominant
5. 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
Bar Lines
Tetrachord
Common Time (C)
6. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Flag
Double Bar Line
Hemiola
Natural Minor Scale
7. The speed of a beat
Dorian Mode
System
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Tempo
8. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Neutral Clef
Aeolian Mode
Measures
Simple Meter
9. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Ionian Mode
Locrian Mode
Sharp (#)
Scalar Variance
10. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Major Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Downbeat
Tonic
11. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Rhythm
Meter
Ledger Lines
Enharmonic Equivalent
12. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Staff
Mixolydian Mode
Subdivision
Double Flat (bb)
13. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Subdominat
Key Signature
Simple Meter
Common Time (C)
14. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Whole Tone Scale
Anacrusis
Subtonic
Ledger Lines
15. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Compound Meter
Double Flat (bb)
Raised Submediant
Double Bar Line
16. A single line of melody
Chromatic Scale
Downbeat
Mixolydian Mode
Monophonic
17. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Mediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Polyphonic
18. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Ionian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Relative Minor
Raised Submediant
19. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Whole Tone Scale
Dominant
Double Flat (bb)
20. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Submediant
Alto
Double Bar Line
Tetrachord
21. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Double Bar Line
Tenor
22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Double Flat (bb)
Rhythm
Dorian Mode
23. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Harmonic Minor Scale
Mediant
Baritone
Tie
24. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Hemiola
Alto
Tie
Submediant
25. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Relative Minor
Mediant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Hertz
26. Series of duration of sound and silence
Mezzo-Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Hertz
Rhythm
27. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Whole Tone Scale
Dominant
Dot
Syncopation
28. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Whole Tone Scale
Sharp (#)
C Clef
Pure Minor Scale
29. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Staff
Harmonic Minor Scale
30. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Anacrusis
Beat
Hemiola
Compound Meter
31. The body of a note
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Pure Minor Scale
Note Head
Anacrusis
32. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Scale Degree
Stem
Whole Tone Scale
Blues Scale
33. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
C Clef
Scalar Variance
System
Note Head
34. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Double Flat (bb)
Final Bar Line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Minor Pentachord
35. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Scale
Half Step
Consonant
Double Sharp (X)
36. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Key Signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Minor Pentachord
37. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Dot
Grand Staff
Half Step
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
38. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Key Signature
39. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Note Head
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Relative Minor
40. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Tetrachord
Mezzo-Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
Subdominat
41. An interval that consists of two half steps
Compound Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
Mediant
Whole Step
42. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Submediant
Locrian Mode
Key Signature
Scale
43. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Double Flat (bb)
Cautionary Accidental
Natural Minor Scale
Half Step
44. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Duration
Common Time (C)
Simple Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
45. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Raised Submediant
Scale
Major Scale
Tie
46. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Staff
Scale
Baritone
47. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Major Scale
Grand Staff
Subdominat
Tonic
48. Each step of a scale
Church Mode
Subdivision
Scale Degree
Grand Staff
49. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Cautionary Accidental
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Soprano
Enharmonic Equivalent
50. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Dominant
Dorian Mode
Scale Degree
Phrygian Mode