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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. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Duration
Consonant
Mediant
Cautionary Accidental
2. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Baritone
Pentatonic Scale
Leading Tone
Cautionary Accidental
3. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Stem
Major Scale
Neutral Clef
Scalar Variance
4. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Dorian Mode
Church Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Leading Tone
5. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Compound Meter
Meter
Grand Staff
Mediant
6. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Ionian Mode
Sharp (#)
Double Sharp (X)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
7. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Enharmonic Equivalent
Flat (b)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Downbeat
8. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Consonant
Compound Meter
Stem
Dissonant
9. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Cautionary Accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Baritone
Beat
10. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Blues Scale
Meter
Neutral Clef
Harmonic Minor Scale
11. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Syncopation
Dot
Consonant
12. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Scalar Variance
Half Step
Dot
C Clef
13. The smallest interval between two notes
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Syncopation
Flat (b)
Half Step
14. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Consonant
Relative Minor
Scale Degree
Locrian Mode
15. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Tie
Hertz
Dissonant
Sharp (#)
16. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Key Signature
Pure Minor Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tetrachord
17. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Double Bar Line
Downbeat
Aeolian Mode
Dot
18. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Locrian Mode
Flag
Scalar Variance
19. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Beat
Whole Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Church Mode
20. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Anacrusis
Ledger Lines
Supertonic
Key Signature
21. The speed of a beat
Whole Step
Relative Minor
Tempo
Double Sharp (X)
22. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Subtonic
Whole Step
Alto
Staff
23. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Mediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
Subdominat
24. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Scalar Variance
Dominant
Tempo
Compound Meter
25. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Supertonic
Tonic
Mixolydian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
26. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Major Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Simple Meter
Duration
27. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Leading Tone
Natural Minor Scale
Tonic
Dorian Mode
28. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Raised Submediant
Baritone
Compound Meter
Ledger Lines
29. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Syncopation
Key Signature
Aeolian Mode
30. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Meter
Double Bar Line
Double Sharp (X)
Harmonic Minor Scale
31. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Key Signature
Syncopation
Stem
Mezzo-Soprano
32. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Subdominat
Meter
Hemiola
Tempo
33. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Alto
Scalar Variance
Double Flat (bb)
34. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Alto
Harmonic Minor Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
35. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Scale Degree
Asymmetrical Meter
Meter
36. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Flag
Dominant
Locrian Mode
Bar Lines
37. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Phrygian Mode
Locrian Mode
Monophonic
Common Time (C)
38. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Key Signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Church Mode
Tetrachord
39. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Submediant
Natural Minor Scale
C Clef
40. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Tetrachord
Ledger Lines
Beat
Tonic
41. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Sharp (#)
Stem
Raised Submediant
42. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Subtonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Simple Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
43. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Submediant
Rhythm
Lydian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
44. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Hemiola
Tenor
Subdivision
Baritone
45. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Tenor
Tempo
Flat (b)
Flag
46. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tetrachord
Subdominat
Final Bar Line
47. Series of duration of sound and silence
Dominant
Flag
Simple Meter
Rhythm
48. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Anacrusis
Major Scale
Dominant
Locrian Mode
49. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Tetrachord
Syncopation
Scale
Leading Tone
50. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Hertz
Beat
Subtonic