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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 cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Double Bar Line
Dot
Hemiola
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
2. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Whole Tone Scale
Dominant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Half Step
3. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Rhythm
Anacrusis
Hertz
C Clef
4. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Anacrusis
Simple Meter
Syncopation
Tenor
5. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Sharp (#)
Relative Minor
Soprano
Tenor
6. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Flag
Anacrusis
Harmonic Minor Scale
Downbeat
7. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Blues Scale
Duration
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
8. An interval that consists of two half steps
Downbeat
Baritone
Whole Step
Final Bar Line
9. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
C Clef
Locrian Mode
Minor Pentachord
Half Step
10. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Hertz
Subdivision
Phrygian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
11. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Double Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
Flat (b)
12. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Bar Lines
Staff
Leading Tone
Supertonic
13. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Double Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Hertz
14. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Double Sharp (X)
Tenor
Polyphonic
Duration
15. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Baritone
Blues Scale
Neutral Clef
Compound Meter
16. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Syncopation
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Melodic Minor Scale
17. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Half Step
Note Head
Hertz
18. The body of a note
Note Head
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ionian Mode
Minor Pentachord
19. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Stem
Scalar Variance
System
Simple Meter
20. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Flat (b)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Ledger Lines
21. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Raised Submediant
Hertz
Tie
Major Scale
22. The smallest interval between two notes
Stem
Half Step
Church Mode
Dot
23. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Polyphonic
Beat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
24. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Stem
Polyphonic
Scale
Consonant
25. A single line of melody
Neutral Clef
Monophonic
Rhythm
Tie
26. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Bar Lines
Common Time (C)
Flag
Mediant
27. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Cautionary Accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Beat
Blues Scale
28. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Duration
Leading Tone
Mezzo-Soprano
Scalar Variance
29. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Major Scale
Simple Meter
System
Dominant
30. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Flag
Subdominat
Ledger Lines
Locrian Mode
31. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Bar Lines
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Leading Tone
Ledger Lines
32. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Scalar Variance
Articulation- Envelope
Dot
Final Bar Line
33. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Flag
Mixolydian Mode
Baritone
Cautionary Accidental
34. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Chromatic Scale
Compound Meter
Flat (b)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
35. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Flat (b)
Dissonant
Bar Lines
Leading Tone
36. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Blues Scale
Supertonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Meter
37. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Duration
Asymmetrical Meter
Soprano
38. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pentatonic Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Note Head
Subtonic
39. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Whole Step
Dot
40. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Polyphonic
Phrygian Mode
Bar Lines
41. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Submediant
Supertonic
Tetrachord
42. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Enharmonic Equivalent
Submediant
Hertz
Raised Submediant
43. Series of duration of sound and silence
Mediant
Subdominat
Minor Pentachord
Rhythm
44. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Key Signature
C Clef
Note Head
Half Step
45. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Mixolydian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Simple Meter
System
46. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Double Flat (bb)
Dominant
Major Scale
Note Head
47. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Subdivision
Phrygian Mode
Flag
Soprano
48. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Church Mode
Sharp (#)
Dot
Consonant
49. Unit of space in between bar lines
Duration
Measures
Phrygian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
50. A major church mode with no accidentals
Stem
System
Meter
Ionian Mode