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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Tie
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
Scale Degree
2. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Tetrachord
Major Scale
Compound Meter
3. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Aeolian Mode
Church Mode
Subdivision
Ionian Mode
4. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Bar Lines
Phrygian Mode
Key Signature
Consonant
5. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Mixolydian Mode
Ledger Lines
Pure Minor Scale
Whole Step
6. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Compound Meter
Half Step
Dominant
Soprano
7. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Syncopation
Compound Meter
Tonic
Tempo
8. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Double Bar Line
Consonant
Beat
Downbeat
9. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Raised Submediant
Submediant
Articulation- Envelope
Whole Step
10. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dot
Beat
Half Step
11. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
Hemiola
Ionian Mode
12. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Enharmonic Equivalent
Baritone
Major Scale
13. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Pure Minor Scale
Tenor
Tie
Monophonic
14. A single line of melody
Compound Meter
Hertz
Monophonic
Relative Minor
15. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Lydian Mode
Syncopation
Neutral Clef
Subtonic
16. The body of a note
Raised Submediant
Soprano
Sharp (#)
Note Head
17. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Mezzo-Soprano
Polyphonic
Scalar Variance
18. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Soprano
Natural Minor Scale
Grand Staff
Neutral Clef
19. The speed of a beat
Measures
Tempo
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mediant
20. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
C Clef
Consonant
Asymmetrical Meter
Major Scale
21. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Monophonic
Scale
Aeolian Mode
22. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Tie
Whole Tone Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
23. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
C Clef
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subdominat
24. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Dorian Mode
Subtonic
Flag
System
25. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Flat (b)
Chromatic Scale
Raised Submediant
26. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Double Bar Line
Downbeat
Blues Scale
Dot
27. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Aeolian Mode
Raised Submediant
Bar Lines
28. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Whole Step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Note Head
29. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Measures
Stem
Mezzo-Soprano
30. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Tenor
Scale
Rhythm
Relative Minor
31. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Tie
Final Bar Line
Major Scale
Mediant
32. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Double Bar Line
Ledger Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
33. The distance between one wave and the next
Simple Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Supertonic
Minor Pentachord
34. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Downbeat
Final Bar Line
Anacrusis
35. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Double Bar Line
Subdominat
Compound Meter
Tie
36. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Dissonant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Natural Minor Scale
Hertz
37. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Whole Step
Minor Pentachord
Melodic Minor Scale
38. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Bar Lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Cautionary Accidental
Baritone
39. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Flat (b)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Simple Meter
40. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Raised Submediant
Aeolian Mode
Phrygian Mode
41. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Mediant
Natural Minor Scale
C Clef
Aeolian Mode
42. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Subdominat
Flat (b)
Final Bar Line
Lydian Mode
43. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Mixolydian Mode
Subdominat
Tie
44. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Locrian Mode
Beat
Soprano
Syncopation
45. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Hemiola
Grand Staff
System
Pentatonic Scale
46. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Compound Meter
Double Flat (bb)
Tempo
Flat (b)
47. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Subtonic
Monophonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Common Time (C)
48. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Soprano
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Chromatic Scale
49. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Double Bar Line
Tonic
Locrian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
50. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Syncopation
Dissonant
Common Time (C)