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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.
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1. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Rhythm
Measures
Double Bar Line
Double Sharp (X)
2. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Dot
Alto
Compound Meter
Subdominat
3. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Enharmonic Equivalent
Pentatonic Scale
Final Bar Line
4. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Double Flat (bb)
Tonic
Whole Tone Scale
5. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Tonic
Grand Staff
Dot
Scalar Variance
6. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Lydian Mode
Hemiola
Scalar Variance
7. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
Downbeat
Submediant
8. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Baritone
Tie
9. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Common Time (C)
Leading Tone
Aeolian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
10. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Neutral Clef
Compound Meter
Mediant
Subtonic
11. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Alto
Cautionary Accidental
Duration
Asymmetrical Meter
12. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Leading Tone
Tetrachord
Subdivision
Compound Meter
13. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Note Head
C Clef
Mezzo-Soprano
Leading Tone
14. The smallest interval between two notes
Measures
Half Step
Phrygian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
15. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Whole Tone Scale
Stem
Major Scale
Ionian Mode
16. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Half Step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Hemiola
Asymmetrical Meter
17. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Dot
Church Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
18. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Grand Staff
Compound Meter
Chromatic Scale
19. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Raised Submediant
Consonant
Minor Pentachord
20. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Measures
Hemiola
Dominant
21. The speed of a beat
Articulation- Envelope
Subtonic
Tempo
Note Head
22. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Flat (b)
Subdivision
Anacrusis
23. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Natural Minor Scale
Scale Degree
Dorian Mode
24. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Beat
Mezzo-Soprano
Scale
Subtonic
25. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dissonant
Final Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
26. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Common Time (C)
Dorian Mode
Baritone
Staff
27. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Rhythm
Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Subtonic
28. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Phrygian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Minor Pentachord
Subtonic
29. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Flat (b)
Double Sharp (X)
Hemiola
Major Scale
30. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Baritone
31. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Soprano
Polyphonic
32. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Compound Meter
Blues Scale
Alto
Dot
33. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Anacrusis
Double Sharp (X)
Grand Staff
34. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Sharp (#)
Cautionary Accidental
Key Signature
Tonic
35. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Downbeat
Sharp (#)
Pentatonic Scale
36. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Lydian Mode
Ledger Lines
Pentatonic Scale
Phrygian Mode
37. Each step of a scale
Church Mode
Note Head
Scale Degree
Dorian Mode
38. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Polyphonic
Subdivision
Dorian Mode
39. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Grand Staff
Lydian Mode
Mediant
Syncopation
40. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Tonic
Melodic Minor Scale
Mediant
Dot
41. 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
Tonic
Double Flat (bb)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
42. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Dorian Mode
Raised Submediant
Anacrusis
Church Mode
43. A major church mode with no accidentals
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Measures
Tie
Ionian Mode
44. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Beat
Dominant
Mediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
45. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Double Bar Line
Submediant
Raised Submediant
Neutral Clef
46. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Sharp (#)
Note Head
Grand Staff
Mixolydian Mode
47. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Key Signature
Soprano
Harmonic Minor Scale
Whole Tone Scale
48. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Locrian Mode
Consonant
Final Bar Line
49. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Dorian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
50. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
Minor Pentachord
System