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