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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
Double Bar Line
Supertonic
Blues Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
2. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Natural Minor Scale
Compound Meter
Simple Meter
Subtonic
3. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Dorian Mode
Lydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
4. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Meter
5. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Locrian Mode
Lydian Mode
Hemiola
Meter
6. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Rhythm
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Melodic Minor Scale
Baritone
7. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Scalar Variance
Downbeat
Pure Minor Scale
Tempo
8. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Dorian Mode
Hertz
Tonic
Double Sharp (X)
9. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Syncopation
Tempo
Dissonant
C Clef
10. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Articulation- Envelope
Ionian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
11. A major church mode with no accidentals
Beat
Dissonant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
12. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Submediant
Flat (b)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Stem
13. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Whole Step
Dot
Blues Scale
14. The distance between one wave and the next
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Anacrusis
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Measures
15. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Chromatic Scale
Subdivision
Simple Meter
Major Scale
16. A single line of melody
Mixolydian Mode
Monophonic
Ledger Lines
Common Time (C)
17. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Minor Pentachord
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Church Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
18. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Beat
Polyphonic
Soprano
Double Bar Line
19. Unit of space in between bar lines
Dissonant
Mixolydian Mode
Double Bar Line
Measures
20. The smallest interval between two notes
Natural Minor Scale
Syncopation
Hemiola
Half Step
21. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Soprano
Scalar Variance
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
22. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Grand Staff
Double Bar Line
Subdivision
Scale
23. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Note Head
Subdominat
Staff
24. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Leading Tone
Raised Submediant
Phrygian Mode
Alto
25. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Enharmonic Equivalent
Phrygian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdivision
26. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Hertz
Baritone
Compound Meter
Alto
27. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Measures
Double Sharp (X)
Mezzo-Soprano
Leading Tone
28. The body of a note
Final Bar Line
Tie
Sharp (#)
Note Head
29. The speed of a beat
Duration
Neutral Clef
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tempo
30. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Double Flat (bb)
Hertz
Key Signature
31. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Ionian Mode
Syncopation
Scale Degree
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
32. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Pentatonic Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Grand Staff
33. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Natural Minor Scale
Dissonant
Articulation- Envelope
Tie
34. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Major Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Hemiola
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
35. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Double Bar Line
Key Signature
Scalar Variance
36. Each step of a scale
Final Bar Line
Scale Degree
Alto
Flag
37. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Anacrusis
Stem
Monophonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
38. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Compound Meter
Tenor
Flag
39. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Mixolydian Mode
Common Time (C)
40. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Cautionary Accidental
Dot
Soprano
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
41. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
System
Half Step
Consonant
42. 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
Dot
Staff
Meter
Hemiola
43. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Leading Tone
Downbeat
Enharmonic Equivalent
44. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Dominant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Tonic
Scalar Variance
45. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Monophonic
Measures
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Melodic Minor Scale
46. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Subtonic
Supertonic
Hemiola
Blues Scale
47. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Harmonic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Major Scale
System
48. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Soprano
Church Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Minor Pentachord
49. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Subdivision
Aeolian Mode
Phrygian Mode
Dominant
50. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Submediant
Key Signature
Syncopation