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AP Music Theory

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






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






3. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






4. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






6. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






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






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






9. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






10. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






11. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






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






13. The body of a note






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






15. The smallest interval between two notes






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






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






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






19. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






20. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






22. The length of time sound of silence occurs






23. The distance between one wave and the next






24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






25. An interval that consists of two half steps






26. The speed of a beat






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






28. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






29. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






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






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






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






33. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






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






35. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






36. Unit of space in between bar lines






37. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






39. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






40. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






42. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






45. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






46. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






47. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






49. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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