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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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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. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cautionary Accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
2. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Phrygian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Flat (b)
Church Mode
3. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Tenor
Simple Meter
Anacrusis
Pure Minor Scale
4. A major church mode with no accidentals
Asymmetrical Meter
Monophonic
Ionian Mode
Relative Minor
5. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Scale
Chromatic Scale
Lydian Mode
Tenor
6. The speed of a beat
Polyphonic
Scale
Tempo
Submediant
7. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Subdominat
Dissonant
Submediant
Church Mode
8. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Flag
Phrygian Mode
Grand Staff
Anacrusis
9. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Whole Tone Scale
Tie
Pentatonic Scale
Cautionary Accidental
10. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Final Bar Line
Scale Degree
Scale
Major Scale
11. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Soprano
Baritone
Neutral Clef
12. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Staff
Whole Step
Dorian Mode
Polyphonic
13. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Double Sharp (X)
Blues Scale
Scale Degree
System
14. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dominant
15. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tenor
Duration
Half Step
16. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Meter
Hemiola
Tie
17. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Monophonic
Minor Pentachord
Scale
Flat (b)
18. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Whole Step
19. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Alto
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Downbeat
20. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Mezzo-Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Compound Meter
Neutral Clef
21. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Scale
Mediant
Subtonic
Scale Degree
22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Double Bar Line
Raised Submediant
Subdivision
23. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Tie
Blues Scale
Polyphonic
Anacrusis
24. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Relative Minor
25. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Note Head
Syncopation
Sharp (#)
Supertonic
26. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Double Bar Line
Dorian Mode
Phrygian Mode
27. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Polyphonic
Meter
Ionian Mode
28. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Dot
Measures
Downbeat
Supertonic
29. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Church Mode
Whole Step
30. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Submediant
Key Signature
Bar Lines
Raised Submediant
31. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Mixolydian Mode
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
32. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Note Head
Pentatonic Scale
Phrygian Mode
Double Bar Line
33. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Hertz
Blues Scale
Aeolian Mode
34. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Dot
Alto
Sharp (#)
Enharmonic Equivalent
35. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Soprano
Bar Lines
Locrian Mode
Tonic
36. The body of a note
Cautionary Accidental
Dot
Tie
Note Head
37. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Alto
Common Time (C)
Dominant
38. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Tonic
Relative Minor
Enharmonic Equivalent
C Clef
39. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Whole Step
Hemiola
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Polyphonic
40. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Flat (b)
Submediant
Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
41. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Monophonic
Dot
Meter
Bar Lines
42. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Double Sharp (X)
Mezzo-Soprano
Tie
43. 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
Dominant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Grand Staff
Staff
44. The smallest interval between two notes
Church Mode
Subtonic
Half Step
Natural Minor Scale
45. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Asymmetrical Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
C Clef
Downbeat
46. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Half Step
Articulation- Envelope
Hertz
Lydian Mode
47. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Monophonic
Alto
Neutral Clef
Natural Minor Scale
48. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Ledger Lines
Monophonic
Scale Degree
49. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Lydian Mode
Supertonic
Stem
Leading Tone
50. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Lydian Mode
Monophonic
Pure Minor Scale
Major Scale