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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. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Measures
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Ledger Lines
2. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Hemiola
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subtonic
3. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Anacrusis
Double Flat (bb)
Aeolian Mode
Polyphonic
4. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Melodic Minor Scale
Downbeat
Dot
Minor Pentachord
5. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
C Clef
Blues Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dominant
6. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Hertz
Enharmonic Equivalent
Relative Minor
7. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Bar Lines
Note Head
Ionian Mode
Beat
8. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tetrachord
Phrygian Mode
Neutral Clef
Tie
9. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Melodic Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Beat
Subdominat
10. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Flag
Phrygian Mode
Syncopation
Raised Submediant
11. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Simple Meter
Soprano
Polyphonic
Subdominat
12. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Tenor
Whole Step
Double Bar Line
Soprano
13. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Melodic Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
14. The distance between one wave and the next
Whole Tone Scale
Flat (b)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Blues Scale
15. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Syncopation
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Subdominat
16. The smallest interval between two notes
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Natural Minor Scale
Dorian Mode
Half Step
17. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Polyphonic
Double Sharp (X)
Blues Scale
Half Step
18. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Stem
Scalar Variance
Flag
System
19. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Ionian Mode
Locrian Mode
Dorian Mode
20. A major church mode with no accidentals
Flat (b)
Downbeat
Ionian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
21. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Dorian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Final Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
22. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Beat
Hertz
Compound Meter
Soprano
23. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Phrygian Mode
Scalar Variance
Flat (b)
Dot
24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Tenor
Melodic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Major Scale
25. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Tenor
Alto
Scalar Variance
Natural Minor Scale
26. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Submediant
Bar Lines
Polyphonic
27. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Bar Lines
Locrian Mode
Baritone
Tenor
28. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Ledger Lines
Bar Lines
Monophonic
Scale Degree
29. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Chromatic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Simple Meter
30. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Ledger Lines
Monophonic
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
31. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Ledger Lines
Tonic
Simple Meter
32. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Mixolydian Mode
Church Mode
Duration
Chromatic Scale
33. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Mediant
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Submediant
34. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Tetrachord
Tonic
Half Step
Articulation- Envelope
35. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Supertonic
Tenor
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Soprano
Dorian Mode
Flat (b)
Beat
37. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
Final Bar Line
Common Time (C)
38. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Grand Staff
Downbeat
Supertonic
Articulation- Envelope
39. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Scale
Neutral Clef
Key Signature
40. A single line of melody
Lydian Mode
Monophonic
Mixolydian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
41. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Step
Asymmetrical Meter
Mediant
42. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Articulation- Envelope
Tonic
Scale Degree
Beat
43. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Tenor
Whole Tone Scale
Alto
Phrygian Mode
44. An interval that consists of two half steps
Subdivision
Monophonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Whole Step
45. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Syncopation
Beat
Whole Step
Church Mode
46. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Raised Submediant
Compound Meter
Stem
Downbeat
47. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Tonic
Baritone
Hemiola
Neutral Clef
48. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Grand Staff
Rhythm
Tie
49. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Step
Tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
50. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Mediant
Subdivision
Sharp (#)
Scale Degree