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AP Music Theory
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Tonic
Beat
Polyphonic
2. A single line of melody
Double Bar Line
Double Sharp (X)
Polyphonic
Monophonic
3. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Bar Lines
Scale Degree
Articulation- Envelope
4. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Note Head
Hertz
Baritone
Subtonic
5. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Major Scale
Whole Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
6. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Syncopation
Ledger Lines
7. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Soprano
Supertonic
Grand Staff
Whole Tone Scale
8. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Dorian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Rhythm
9. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Note Head
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Key Signature
Dissonant
10. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Raised Submediant
Asymmetrical Meter
Dorian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
11. The distance between one wave and the next
Major Scale
Leading Tone
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale
12. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Consonant
Pentatonic Scale
Dissonant
13. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subtonic
Common Time (C)
Alto
Subdominat
14. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Enharmonic Equivalent
Double Sharp (X)
15. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
Syncopation
Anacrusis
16. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Double Sharp (X)
Dot
Locrian Mode
Baritone
17. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Relative Minor
Harmonic Minor Scale
Dorian Mode
Syncopation
18. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Cautionary Accidental
Melodic Minor Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Supertonic
19. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Alto
Neutral Clef
Lydian Mode
Bar Lines
20. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Final Bar Line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Baritone
Subdivision
21. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tonic
System
Pentatonic Scale
22. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Submediant
Church Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Compound Meter
23. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Syncopation
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Mezzo-Soprano
Aeolian Mode
24. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Relative Minor
Final Bar Line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Cautionary Accidental
25. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Meter
Leading Tone
Duration
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
26. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Major Scale
Double Bar Line
Tie
Neutral Clef
27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Meter
Aeolian Mode
Dissonant
28. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Chromatic Scale
Compound Meter
Ledger Lines
29. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Lydian Mode
Compound Meter
Enharmonic Equivalent
Flag
30. Unit of space in between bar lines
Major Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Measures
Alto
31. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Leading Tone
Final Bar Line
Enharmonic Equivalent
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
32. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Lydian Mode
Scalar Variance
Articulation- Envelope
Flat (b)
33. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Whole Tone Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Raised Submediant
Neutral Clef
34. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
Whole Tone Scale
35. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Tenor
Simple Meter
Mixolydian Mode
Baritone
36. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Church Mode
Subtonic
Neutral Clef
37. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Soprano
Flat (b)
C Clef
Phrygian Mode
38. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Bar Lines
Baritone
Double Sharp (X)
39. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Leading Tone
Duration
Mediant
Melodic Minor Scale
40. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Soprano
Cautionary Accidental
Hemiola
Ledger Lines
41. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Lydian Mode
Whole Step
Double Bar Line
Pure Minor Scale
42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Submediant
Dorian Mode
Whole Step
Flat (b)
43. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Scale
Beat
Harmonic Minor Scale
Bar Lines
44. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Flag
Dominant
Ledger Lines
Mixolydian Mode
45. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Soprano
Alto
Leading Tone
Pentatonic Scale
46. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
Scale Degree
47. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Minor Pentachord
Dissonant
Stem
48. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Minor Pentachord
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Scalar Variance
49. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Lydian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Tonic
Monophonic
50. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Major Scale
Hemiola
Minor Pentachord
Melodic Minor Scale