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AP Music Theory
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1. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Church Mode
Meter
C Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
2. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Monophonic
Downbeat
Dominant
3. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Mixolydian Mode
Lydian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
System
4. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Harmonic Minor Scale
Major Scale
Whole Step
C Clef
5. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Beat
Tetrachord
Tonic
Duration
6. The speed of a beat
Measures
Dominant
Major Scale
Tempo
7. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Subtonic
Grand Staff
Major Scale
Hertz
8. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Compound Meter
Dorian Mode
Scale
Syncopation
9. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Final Bar Line
Polyphonic
Flag
Raised Submediant
10. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Aeolian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
C Clef
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
11. The distance between one wave and the next
Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Simple Meter
12. Series of duration of sound and silence
Downbeat
Supertonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
Rhythm
13. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Articulation- Envelope
Chromatic Scale
Measures
Pentatonic Scale
14. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Bar Lines
Mediant
Dot
Staff
15. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Church Mode
Note Head
Final Bar Line
Meter
16. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Phrygian Mode
Note Head
Scale Degree
17. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Ledger Lines
Pentatonic Scale
Neutral Clef
Bar Lines
18. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Syncopation
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Raised Submediant
Polyphonic
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Monophonic
Sharp (#)
Double Sharp (X)
Key Signature
20. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Submediant
Supertonic
Relative Minor
Church Mode
21. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Dorian Mode
Soprano
Chromatic Scale
Leading Tone
22. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Phrygian Mode
Dorian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Key Signature
23. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Whole Tone Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Alto
Ledger Lines
24. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Ledger Lines
Double Bar Line
Subdivision
Tempo
25. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Consonant
Subtonic
Tonic
Anacrusis
26. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Tonic
Aeolian Mode
Consonant
Key Signature
27. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Phrygian Mode
Minor Pentachord
28. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Flag
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Double Bar Line
29. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Stem
Submediant
Church Mode
Rhythm
30. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Flag
Note Head
Simple Meter
Scale
31. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Baritone
Half Step
Soprano
Locrian Mode
32. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Ledger Lines
Flat (b)
Lydian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
33. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Anacrusis
Simple Meter
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
34. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Mixolydian Mode
Tenor
Compound Meter
Phrygian Mode
35. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Soprano
Common Time (C)
Subdivision
Pentatonic Scale
36. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Church Mode
Subdominat
Polyphonic
Compound Meter
37. 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
Downbeat
Staff
Tonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
38. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Melodic Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Double Flat (bb)
C Clef
39. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Dissonant
Minor Pentachord
Scale Degree
40. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Flat (b)
Downbeat
Meter
Scalar Variance
41. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Simple Meter
Dissonant
Ledger Lines
Relative Minor
42. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Duration
Consonant
Relative Minor
Subdominat
43. A major church mode with no accidentals
Supertonic
Ionian Mode
Consonant
Bar Lines
44. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Syncopation
Tempo
Monophonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
45. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Scalar Variance
System
Rhythm
Mixolydian Mode
46. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Hemiola
Subdominat
Baritone
Cautionary Accidental
47. Unit of space in between bar lines
Mezzo-Soprano
Measures
Key Signature
Meter
48. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Hertz
Dominant
Baritone
49. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Measures
Dominant
Natural Minor Scale
Rhythm
50. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Scalar Variance
Key Signature
Subdominat
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