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AP Music Theory
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Study First
Subjects
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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 the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Natural Minor Scale
Measures
2. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Scalar Variance
Note Head
Scale
3. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flag
Flat (b)
Subdivision
Meter
4. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Rhythm
System
Tempo
Stem
5. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Tetrachord
Duration
System
Rhythm
6. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Dorian Mode
Flat (b)
Church Mode
7. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Natural Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Leading Tone
8. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Hemiola
Church Mode
Relative Minor
Melodic Minor Scale
9. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Raised Submediant
Compound Meter
Downbeat
Tonic
10. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Anacrusis
Grand Staff
Downbeat
Harmonic Minor Scale
11. Each step of a scale
Half Step
Scale Degree
Whole Step
Hertz
12. 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
Staff
Aeolian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Beat
13. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Tenor
Neutral Clef
Syncopation
14. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Tonic
System
Neutral Clef
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
15. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Stem
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Meter
Dot
16. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Church Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Asymmetrical Meter
17. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Raised Submediant
Rhythm
Dot
18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Chromatic Scale
Staff
Double Flat (bb)
Duration
19. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Whole Tone Scale
Beat
Dissonant
Consonant
20. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Ionian Mode
Supertonic
Natural Minor Scale
21. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tempo
Hemiola
Tonic
Tetrachord
22. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Downbeat
Leading Tone
Relative Minor
Melodic Minor Scale
23. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Double Bar Line
Enharmonic Equivalent
24. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Major Scale
Syncopation
Tetrachord
25. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Mezzo-Soprano
Stem
Subdivision
Major Scale
26. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Harmonic Minor Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tetrachord
Bar Lines
27. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Mediant
Church Mode
Hemiola
Raised Submediant
28. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Half Step
Mixolydian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
29. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Articulation- Envelope
Duration
Harmonic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
30. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Locrian Mode
Beat
Dissonant
Dominant
31. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Blues Scale
Note Head
Aeolian Mode
32. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Subdominat
Hertz
Measures
Mediant
33. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Lydian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Pure Minor Scale
Subtonic
34. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Major Scale
Ionian Mode
Stem
Compound Meter
35. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Ionian Mode
Baritone
Dominant
Scale Degree
36. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Tenor
Double Bar Line
Dot
Tonic
37. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Relative Minor
Double Sharp (X)
Church Mode
38. The speed of a beat
Scale Degree
Monophonic
Tempo
Tie
39. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Note Head
Half Step
Phrygian Mode
Minor Pentachord
40. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Melodic Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
41. Unit of space in between bar lines
Double Bar Line
Measures
Double Flat (bb)
Whole Step
42. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Melodic Minor Scale
Dorian Mode
Note Head
43. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Articulation- Envelope
Compound Meter
Grand Staff
Church Mode
44. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Note Head
Aeolian Mode
45. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Dot
Scalar Variance
Sharp (#)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
46. An interval that consists of two half steps
Aeolian Mode
Common Time (C)
Whole Step
Mediant
47. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Hemiola
Hertz
48. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Harmonic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Locrian Mode
Double Bar Line
49. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Grand Staff
Double Sharp (X)
Double Bar Line
50. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
C Clef
Melodic Minor Scale
Dominant
Dot