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AP Music Theory

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1. Unit of space in between bar lines






2. The distance between one wave and the next






3. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






4. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






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






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






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






8. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






9. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






10. An interval that consists of two half steps






11. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






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






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






14. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






15. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






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






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






18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






19. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






21. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






22. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






23. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






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






25. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






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






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






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






29. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






31. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






32. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






33. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






34. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






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






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






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






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






39. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






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






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






42. The speed of a beat






43. Each step of a scale






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






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






46. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






47. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






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






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






50. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale