Test your basic knowledge |

AP Music Theory

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






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






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






5. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






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






7. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






8. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






9. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






10. A minor church mode with a flatted second






11. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






12. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






13. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






16. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






17. The length of time sound of silence occurs






18. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






19. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






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






22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






23. A single line of melody






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






25. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






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






27. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






28. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






29. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






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






31. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






33. The smallest interval between two notes






34. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






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






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






37. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






38. 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






39. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






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






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






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






43. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






44. The speed of a beat






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






46. Each step of a scale






47. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






48. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






49. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






50. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines