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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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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. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Ledger Lines
Sharp (#)
Syncopation
Submediant
2. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Flat (b)
Scale
Baritone
Tonic
3. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Sharp (#)
Minor Pentachord
Key Signature
Tonic
4. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Whole Step
Tetrachord
Raised Submediant
Lydian Mode
5. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Common Time (C)
Baritone
6. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Raised Submediant
Soprano
Harmonic Minor Scale
7. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Hertz
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Double Sharp (X)
8. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Meter
Grand Staff
Melodic Minor Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
9. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Natural Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Half Step
Subdominat
10. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Subtonic
Asymmetrical Meter
Tempo
Grand Staff
11. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Note Head
Downbeat
Tetrachord
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
12. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Major Scale
Dominant
Common Time (C)
Tonic
13. The smallest interval between two notes
Simple Meter
Syncopation
Scale
Half Step
14. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Chromatic Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Tie
Mezzo-Soprano
15. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Stem
Scale Degree
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Tone Scale
16. A single line of melody
Half Step
Subtonic
Mediant
Monophonic
17. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Compound Meter
Subtonic
Scalar Variance
Sharp (#)
18. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Subdominat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Note Head
19. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Dominant
Polyphonic
Double Flat (bb)
20. A major church mode with no accidentals
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Soprano
Flag
Ionian Mode
21. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pure Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Scalar Variance
Mixolydian Mode
22. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Key Signature
Rhythm
Submediant
Blues Scale
23. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Dominant
Lydian Mode
Half Step
Submediant
24. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Measures
Supertonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
25. The body of a note
Locrian Mode
Simple Meter
Subdominat
Note Head
26. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Rhythm
Alto
Double Sharp (X)
Church Mode
27. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Dominant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Alto
28. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Half Step
Polyphonic
Meter
Neutral Clef
29. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Note Head
Simple Meter
Dorian Mode
Dot
30. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Enharmonic Equivalent
Chromatic Scale
System
Scale Degree
31. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Tenor
Mixolydian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
32. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Tonic
Double Bar Line
Consonant
Relative Minor
33. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Articulation- Envelope
Tempo
Compound Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
34. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Anacrusis
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Articulation- Envelope
Dominant
35. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Beat
Major Scale
Flag
Half Step
36. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Melodic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Whole Step
Meter
37. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Major Scale
Dissonant
Simple Meter
Mediant
38. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Natural Minor Scale
Final Bar Line
Melodic Minor Scale
39. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Simple Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
40. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
System
Hertz
Ledger Lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
41. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Tempo
Subtonic
Double Flat (bb)
Major Scale
42. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Cautionary Accidental
Pentatonic Scale
Flag
43. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Articulation- Envelope
Asymmetrical Meter
Sharp (#)
Tenor
44. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Double Flat (bb)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
45. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Double Flat (bb)
Church Mode
Rhythm
46. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Ledger Lines
Mezzo-Soprano
Flat (b)
Supertonic
47. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Simple Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Locrian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
48. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Subdominat
Chromatic Scale
Tenor
Half Step
49. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Half Step
Dot
Subtonic
Hertz
50. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Compound Meter
C Clef
Leading Tone
Cautionary Accidental