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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Note Head
Lydian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Downbeat
2. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Pentatonic Scale
Downbeat
Relative Minor
Tempo
3. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Relative Minor
Neutral Clef
Syncopation
Pure Minor Scale
4. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Polyphonic
Asymmetrical Meter
Whole Tone Scale
Dissonant
5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Hemiola
Hertz
Dominant
Sharp (#)
6. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Tetrachord
Phrygian Mode
Syncopation
7. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Whole Tone Scale
Phrygian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Subdivision
8. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Double Flat (bb)
Measures
C Clef
Beat
9. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Tie
Pure Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Meter
10. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Note Head
Polyphonic
Flat (b)
Staff
11. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dot
Rhythm
Flag
Ledger Lines
12. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Scalar Variance
Asymmetrical Meter
Simple Meter
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
13. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Tempo
Subdivision
Beat
Double Bar Line
14. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Note Head
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Articulation- Envelope
Rhythm
15. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Stem
Hertz
C Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
16. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Asymmetrical Meter
Subtonic
Monophonic
Church Mode
17. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Dissonant
Scale
Alto
Tetrachord
18. The speed of a beat
Key Signature
Locrian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Tempo
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Ionian Mode
Locrian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Melodic Minor Scale
20. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Cautionary Accidental
Double Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
21. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Half Step
Tonic
Lydian Mode
22. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Enharmonic Equivalent
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Simple Meter
23. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Leading Tone
Consonant
Meter
Major Scale
24. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Downbeat
Asymmetrical Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Consonant
25. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Leading Tone
Final Bar Line
Polyphonic
Downbeat
26. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Soprano
Chromatic Scale
Compound Meter
Common Time (C)
27. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Natural Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Blues Scale
28. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Scale
Flat (b)
Minor Pentachord
29. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Polyphonic
Double Sharp (X)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
30. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Articulation- Envelope
Mixolydian Mode
Final Bar Line
Church Mode
31. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Syncopation
Minor Pentachord
Beat
Meter
32. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Bar Lines
Baritone
Polyphonic
Subdominat
33. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Subdivision
Double Flat (bb)
Tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
34. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Articulation- Envelope
Compound Meter
Grand Staff
35. A major church mode with no accidentals
Pure Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
Scale
C Clef
36. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Asymmetrical Meter
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
Key Signature
37. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Scale
Double Flat (bb)
System
Church Mode
38. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Polyphonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Anacrusis
Pure Minor Scale
39. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Alto
Scalar Variance
40. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Tetrachord
Ledger Lines
Flat (b)
Mezzo-Soprano
41. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Whole Tone Scale
System
Tonic
Tetrachord
42. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Rhythm
Dominant
Consonant
43. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Natural Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Neutral Clef
Common Time (C)
44. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Scale Degree
Baritone
Neutral Clef
45. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Subtonic
System
Final Bar Line
Dot
46. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Anacrusis
Mezzo-Soprano
47. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Phrygian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Subdivision
Tempo
48. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Dissonant
Ledger Lines
Simple Meter
49. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Measures
Whole Tone Scale
Tempo
Dominant
50. The distance between one wave and the next
Tenor
Syncopation
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Enharmonic Equivalent