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