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AP Music Theory
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1. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Flag
Dot
Hertz
Neutral Clef
2. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Tonic
Dorian Mode
Stem
Mediant
3. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Hertz
Supertonic
Dorian Mode
4. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Common Time (C)
Sharp (#)
Asymmetrical Meter
5. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Beat
Blues Scale
Phrygian Mode
6. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Baritone
Tempo
Subdivision
Flag
7. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Compound Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
8. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Cautionary Accidental
Note Head
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Major Scale
9. A major church mode with no accidentals
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Ionian Mode
Measures
Neutral Clef
10. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Scale Degree
Subdominat
System
Bar Lines
11. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Leading Tone
Scale Degree
Dot
Bar Lines
12. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Double Sharp (X)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subdominat
Staff
13. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Alto
Cautionary Accidental
Locrian Mode
Flag
14. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Harmonic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Subtonic
Double Flat (bb)
15. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Mixolydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Neutral Clef
Half Step
16. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Phrygian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
Alto
17. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Final Bar Line
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
Pentatonic Scale
18. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Grand Staff
Tetrachord
Simple Meter
Double Bar Line
19. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Mediant
Beat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Simple Meter
20. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Cautionary Accidental
Natural Minor Scale
Dominant
C Clef
21. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Tonic
Syncopation
Polyphonic
Note Head
22. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Alto
Consonant
Dominant
Subdominat
23. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Subdominat
Mezzo-Soprano
Supertonic
Ledger Lines
24. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Tonic
Soprano
Minor Pentachord
Blues Scale
25. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Baritone
Lydian Mode
Soprano
Tenor
26. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Rhythm
Natural Minor Scale
Note Head
27. The smallest interval between two notes
Key Signature
Raised Submediant
Scale Degree
Half Step
28. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Soprano
Blues Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Dominant
29. The speed of a beat
Dot
Mediant
Tempo
Common Time (C)
30. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Dorian Mode
Polyphonic
Ledger Lines
Lydian Mode
31. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Church Mode
Flat (b)
Ionian Mode
Beat
32. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Raised Submediant
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
Subtonic
33. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Chromatic Scale
Dorian Mode
Tie
Hemiola
34. Each step of a scale
Whole Tone Scale
Scale Degree
Polyphonic
Duration
35. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Dissonant
Polyphonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Step
36. The body of a note
Melodic Minor Scale
Note Head
Grand Staff
Double Bar Line
37. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Common Time (C)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Anacrusis
Flat (b)
38. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Supertonic
Dissonant
Half Step
Leading Tone
39. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Neutral Clef
Aeolian Mode
Dorian Mode
Note Head
40. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Minor Pentachord
Double Sharp (X)
Phrygian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
41. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Flag
Monophonic
Subdominat
Double Sharp (X)
42. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Submediant
Final Bar Line
Raised Submediant
Staff
43. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Scalar Variance
Baritone
Note Head
Simple Meter
44. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Step
Flag
Grand Staff
45. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Supertonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Relative Minor
46. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Minor Pentachord
Beat
Aeolian Mode
Hertz
47. Unit of space in between bar lines
Subdivision
Chromatic Scale
Consonant
Measures
48. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Dot
Sharp (#)
Staff
49. A single line of melody
Enharmonic Equivalent
Double Flat (bb)
Monophonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
50. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Relative Minor
Chromatic Scale
Hertz
Articulation- Envelope
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