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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. Unit of space in between bar lines
Whole Tone Scale
Scale
System
Measures
2. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Ledger Lines
Asymmetrical Meter
Subdivision
3. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Tetrachord
Half Step
Compound Meter
Subdivision
4. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Pentatonic Scale
Raised Submediant
Compound Meter
5. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Note Head
Scale
Hertz
6. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Cautionary Accidental
Aeolian Mode
Soprano
Hemiola
7. 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
Dominant
Locrian Mode
Staff
Ionian Mode
8. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
System
Chromatic Scale
Flat (b)
Tonic
9. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Soprano
Ledger Lines
Half Step
10. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Whole Step
Aeolian Mode
Dominant
Church Mode
11. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
System
Double Sharp (X)
12. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Major Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Ionian Mode
13. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scalar Variance
Common Time (C)
Aeolian Mode
14. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Subtonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Grand Staff
Scale
15. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Articulation- Envelope
Tie
Natural Minor Scale
Church Mode
16. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Half Step
Final Bar Line
Flag
Whole Tone Scale
17. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tonic
Leading Tone
Dot
Tetrachord
18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Lydian Mode
Flat (b)
Locrian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
19. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Dorian Mode
Scale
Alto
Enharmonic Equivalent
20. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Measures
Double Flat (bb)
Whole Step
Duration
21. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Blues Scale
Leading Tone
Tie
Scale
22. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Dot
Flat (b)
Scalar Variance
23. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Enharmonic Equivalent
Phrygian Mode
Scalar Variance
Beat
24. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Locrian Mode
Scalar Variance
Half Step
Lydian Mode
25. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Baritone
Rhythm
Neutral Clef
26. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Harmonic Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Final Bar Line
27. An interval that consists of two half steps
Asymmetrical Meter
C Clef
Note Head
Whole Step
28. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
C Clef
Relative Minor
Leading Tone
Rhythm
29. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Flat (b)
Measures
System
30. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Meter
Simple Meter
Church Mode
Stem
31. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Raised Submediant
Baritone
System
Monophonic
32. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Key Signature
Dot
Mezzo-Soprano
Anacrusis
33. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Mixolydian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Tetrachord
34. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Flag
Dominant
Monophonic
Compound Meter
35. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Natural Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Key Signature
Chromatic Scale
36. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Meter
Articulation- Envelope
Flag
Tie
37. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Submediant
Tenor
Half Step
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
38. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Major Scale
Dorian Mode
Leading Tone
Harmonic Minor Scale
39. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Natural Minor Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Duration
Mezzo-Soprano
40. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Ledger Lines
Hertz
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
41. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Syncopation
Meter
Scale Degree
Lydian Mode
42. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Half Step
Flat (b)
Submediant
Pentatonic Scale
43. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Aeolian Mode
Bar Lines
Scalar Variance
44. A major church mode with no accidentals
Staff
Ionian Mode
Subdivision
Dot
45. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Scale
Note Head
Tempo
Enharmonic Equivalent
46. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Subdominat
Harmonic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Dorian Mode
47. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Dominant
Key Signature
Harmonic Minor Scale
48. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Rhythm
Stem
Minor Pentachord
49. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Relative Minor
Lydian Mode
50. A single line of melody
Cautionary Accidental
Monophonic
Blues Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight