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