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AP Music Theory

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1. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






2. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






3. Each step of a scale






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






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






6. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






8. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






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






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






12. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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






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






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






18. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






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






20. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






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






22. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






23. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






25. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






26. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






27. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






28. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






31. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






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






34. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






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






36. A single line of melody






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






38. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






39. Indicates the end of a piece of music






40. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






41. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






42. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






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






45. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






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






47. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






49. The smallest interval between two notes






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