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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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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. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Leading Tone
Beat
2. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Grand Staff
Stem
Subtonic
Soprano
3. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Lydian Mode
Tonic
Pure Minor Scale
4. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Beat
Harmonic Minor Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
5. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Hemiola
Polyphonic
Ionian Mode
Soprano
6. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Tonic
Flat (b)
Compound Meter
Double Sharp (X)
7. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dorian Mode
Phrygian Mode
Ionian Mode
8. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Supertonic
Meter
9. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Natural Minor Scale
Downbeat
Scalar Variance
Grand Staff
10. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Scale Degree
Meter
11. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Dot
Aeolian Mode
Chromatic Scale
Flat (b)
12. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Double Sharp (X)
Tie
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Simple Meter
13. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Pure Minor Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Dominant
14. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Beat
Meter
15. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Tetrachord
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdivision
Aeolian Mode
16. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Subdominat
Dot
Meter
Sharp (#)
17. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Flat (b)
Flag
Dissonant
18. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Articulation- Envelope
Major Scale
Minor Pentachord
Monophonic
19. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Double Flat (bb)
Grand Staff
Neutral Clef
20. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Raised Submediant
Dissonant
Asymmetrical Meter
Mediant
21. Series of duration of sound and silence
Blues Scale
Rhythm
Key Signature
Final Bar Line
22. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Blues Scale
Dorian Mode
Tempo
23. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Supertonic
Subdominat
Staff
Downbeat
24. 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
Raised Submediant
Staff
Scalar Variance
Polyphonic
25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Scale
Bar Lines
Flat (b)
Final Bar Line
26. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Hertz
Natural Minor Scale
Flag
Ledger Lines
27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Step
Baritone
28. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Measures
Polyphonic
Submediant
29. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Scalar Variance
Dissonant
30. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dominant
Pure Minor Scale
Anacrusis
31. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Polyphonic
Scale Degree
Aeolian Mode
Hertz
32. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Measures
Pure Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
Key Signature
33. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Scale
Neutral Clef
Dominant
Meter
34. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Subtonic
Scale
Phrygian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
35. The body of a note
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Note Head
Relative Minor
36. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Polyphonic
Cautionary Accidental
Mediant
Scale Degree
37. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Neutral Clef
Measures
Scale Degree
38. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Flat (b)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Grand Staff
Beat
39. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Downbeat
Tonic
Scale Degree
Sharp (#)
40. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dot
Flag
Meter
Anacrusis
41. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
Beat
Consonant
42. The smallest interval between two notes
Common Time (C)
Tenor
Hemiola
Half Step
43. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Ionian Mode
Monophonic
Scale
Hertz
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Key Signature
Scale Degree
Sharp (#)
45. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Meter
Dorian Mode
Blues Scale
46. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Leading Tone
Staff
Double Sharp (X)
47. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Monophonic
Flag
Soprano
Natural Minor Scale
48. A major church mode with no accidentals
Stem
Locrian Mode
Ionian Mode
Staff
49. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Consonant
Sharp (#)
Rhythm
Beat
50. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Chromatic Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Beat
Melodic Minor Scale