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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. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Pure Minor Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
2. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Dot
Final Bar Line
Minor Pentachord
Bar Lines
3. The body of a note
Harmonic Minor Scale
Note Head
Asymmetrical Meter
Mediant
4. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Ionian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Soprano
Rhythm
5. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Tie
C Clef
Hertz
Meter
6. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Tempo
Soprano
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Ledger Lines
7. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Submediant
Supertonic
Scale
8. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Duration
Stem
Ionian Mode
Scale Degree
9. Each step of a scale
Stem
Duration
Scale
Scale Degree
10. The smallest interval between two notes
Ionian Mode
Scalar Variance
Half Step
Simple Meter
11. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Scale Degree
Meter
Hemiola
Subtonic
12. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Meter
Raised Submediant
Double Flat (bb)
Double Bar Line
13. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Blues Scale
Common Time (C)
Sharp (#)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
14. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Staff
Chromatic Scale
Duration
15. A major church mode with no accidentals
Scalar Variance
Dot
Ionian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
16. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Duration
Scalar Variance
Whole Tone Scale
17. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Hertz
Grand Staff
Baritone
18. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
C Clef
System
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Lydian Mode
19. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Hertz
Neutral Clef
Compound Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
20. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Enharmonic Equivalent
Cautionary Accidental
Consonant
Aeolian Mode
21. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Dominant
Simple Meter
Lydian Mode
Scalar Variance
22. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flat (b)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Flag
Dorian Mode
23. The distance between one wave and the next
Polyphonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tempo
Subdominat
24. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
C Clef
Dissonant
Meter
25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Natural Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Alto
Sharp (#)
26. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Chromatic Scale
Simple Meter
Downbeat
Whole Step
27. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Common Time (C)
Anacrusis
Key Signature
Natural Minor Scale
28. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
C Clef
Aeolian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
29. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Double Bar Line
Dot
Consonant
System
30. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Tenor
Mixolydian Mode
Neutral Clef
Harmonic Minor Scale
31. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dorian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Rhythm
Dominant
32. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Whole Step
Grand Staff
Half Step
Subdominat
33. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Final Bar Line
Lydian Mode
Duration
34. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Lydian Mode
Relative Minor
Scale Degree
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
35. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Monophonic
Locrian Mode
Raised Submediant
Supertonic
36. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Locrian Mode
Subdivision
Dissonant
Whole Tone Scale
37. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Relative Minor
Submediant
Scale
38. Unit of space in between bar lines
Pentatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Measures
Flag
39. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Stem
Duration
System
40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Mixolydian Mode
Flat (b)
C Clef
Duration
41. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Simple Meter
Supertonic
Whole Tone Scale
Pure Minor Scale
42. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
C Clef
Grand Staff
Dorian Mode
43. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mezzo-Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
Raised Submediant
Compound Meter
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Polyphonic
Double Sharp (X)
Bar Lines
Tempo
45. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Dot
Phrygian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
46. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Double Bar Line
Aeolian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Submediant
47. 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
Duration
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Natural Minor Scale
48. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Subdivision
Harmonic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
49. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Hertz
Rhythm
Aeolian Mode
Common Time (C)
50. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Dot
Relative Minor
Blues Scale
Natural Minor Scale