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AP Music Theory
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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. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Meter
Baritone
Mixolydian Mode
Consonant
2. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Double Sharp (X)
Aeolian Mode
Compound Meter
Tetrachord
3. Each step of a scale
Double Bar Line
Downbeat
Scale Degree
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
4. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Polyphonic
C Clef
Supertonic
Cautionary Accidental
5. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Hemiola
Locrian Mode
Relative Minor
Major Scale
6. Series of duration of sound and silence
Flat (b)
Pentatonic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Rhythm
7. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Church Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Beat
Syncopation
8. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Note Head
Tenor
Dorian Mode
Stem
9. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Whole Tone Scale
Sharp (#)
Neutral Clef
Flat (b)
10. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Scale Degree
Mediant
Minor Pentachord
C Clef
11. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Mediant
Simple Meter
Neutral Clef
Locrian Mode
12. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Pure Minor Scale
Subdivision
Lydian Mode
Neutral Clef
13. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Downbeat
Dorian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
14. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Flag
Pure Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Tenor
15. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Tetrachord
Tempo
Enharmonic Equivalent
16. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Submediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Bar Line
17. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Hemiola
Stem
Simple Meter
18. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Alto
Mixolydian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
19. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Phrygian Mode
Simple Meter
Compound Meter
Key Signature
20. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Double Sharp (X)
Raised Submediant
Whole Tone Scale
Rhythm
21. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Ledger Lines
Polyphonic
Flat (b)
Blues Scale
22. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Chromatic Scale
Final Bar Line
Subdivision
Enharmonic Equivalent
23. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Ionian Mode
Beat
Chromatic Scale
Duration
24. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Dot
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Double Sharp (X)
Double Bar Line
25. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Scalar Variance
Grand Staff
Key Signature
Anacrusis
26. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Hemiola
Minor Pentachord
Baritone
Subtonic
27. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Mixolydian Mode
Grand Staff
C Clef
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
28. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Leading Tone
Natural Minor Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Phrygian Mode
29. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Blues Scale
Articulation- Envelope
Minor Pentachord
Anacrusis
30. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Minor Pentachord
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Final Bar Line
Flag
31. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dot
Asymmetrical Meter
Rhythm
32. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subdominat
Ledger Lines
Common Time (C)
33. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Ionian Mode
Hertz
Dissonant
34. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Sharp (#)
35. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Tetrachord
Mezzo-Soprano
Double Flat (bb)
Ledger Lines
36. A single line of melody
Locrian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Monophonic
Chromatic Scale
37. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Key Signature
Aeolian Mode
Staff
Articulation- Envelope
38. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Blues Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Cautionary Accidental
Common Time (C)
39. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Tenor
Double Flat (bb)
Hertz
Final Bar Line
40. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Measures
Staff
41. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Pentatonic Scale
System
Bar Lines
Neutral Clef
42. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Tenor
Staff
C Clef
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
Mezzo-Soprano
Compound Meter
Measures
Staff
44. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Submediant
Melodic Minor Scale
Bar Lines
Blues Scale
45. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Downbeat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dominant
Double Flat (bb)
46. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Compound Meter
Supertonic
47. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Pentatonic Scale
Anacrusis
Phrygian Mode
48. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Ledger Lines
Common Time (C)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale
49. The smallest interval between two notes
Pentatonic Scale
Lydian Mode
Half Step
Tetrachord
50. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Meter
Raised Submediant
Staff
Alto