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AP Music Theory

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1. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






2. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






3. The length of time sound of silence occurs






4. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






5. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






6. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






7. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






8. The speed of a beat






9. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






10. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






11. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






12. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






13. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






14. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






15. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






16. An interval that consists of two half steps






17. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






18. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






19. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






20. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






21. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






22. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






23. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






24. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






25. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






26. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






27. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






28. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






29. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






30. Unit of space in between bar lines






31. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






32. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






33. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






34. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






35. Indicates the end of a piece of music






36. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






37. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






38. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






39. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






40. Series of duration of sound and silence






41. 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






42. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






43. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






44. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






45. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value






46. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






47. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






48. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






49. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






50. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending