Test your basic knowledge |

AP Music Theory

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Each step of a scale






2. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






3. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






4. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






5. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






6. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






7. A single line of melody






8. Indicates the end of a piece of music






9. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






10. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






11. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






12. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






13. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






14. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






15. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






16. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






17. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






18. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






19. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






20. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






21. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






22. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






23. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






24. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






25. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






26. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






27. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






28. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






29. An interval that consists of two half steps






30. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






31. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






32. The body of a note






33. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






34. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






35. Series of duration of sound and silence






36. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






37. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






38. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






39. A major church mode with no accidentals






40. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






41. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






43. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






44. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






45. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






46. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






47. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






48. The speed of a beat






49. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






50. The length of time sound of silence occurs