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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. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Lydian Mode
System
Blues Scale
Dominant
2. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Subdominat
Alto
Flag
3. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Mediant
System
Subtonic
4. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Dissonant
Cautionary Accidental
Measures
Tempo
5. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Downbeat
Submediant
Dominant
6. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Leading Tone
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Baritone
Key Signature
7. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Compound Meter
Bar Lines
Common Time (C)
Note Head
8. The distance between one wave and the next
Aeolian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Whole Tone Scale
Subdominat
9. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Supertonic
Double Sharp (X)
Dot
Lydian Mode
10. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Meter
Alto
Hemiola
Raised Submediant
11. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Hertz
Consonant
Submediant
12. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Grand Staff
Sharp (#)
System
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
13. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Scale Degree
Melodic Minor Scale
Tempo
Dominant
14. 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
Staff
Tonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Harmonic Minor Scale
15. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Baritone
Hemiola
Dorian Mode
Tempo
16. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Whole Tone Scale
Blues Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Phrygian Mode
17. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Mediant
Relative Minor
Lydian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
18. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Rhythm
Anacrusis
Final Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
19. The body of a note
Major Scale
Note Head
Measures
Church Mode
20. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Compound Meter
Sharp (#)
Syncopation
Phrygian Mode
21. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Phrygian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
22. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Subdivision
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Leading Tone
23. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Beat
System
Anacrusis
Hemiola
24. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Monophonic
Ledger Lines
Aeolian Mode
25. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
System
Dorian Mode
Dominant
Simple Meter
26. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Half Step
Tenor
Beat
Locrian Mode
27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Tenor
Scale
Baritone
Pure Minor Scale
28. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Melodic Minor Scale
Dot
System
Dissonant
29. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Beat
Hertz
Whole Step
30. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Ionian Mode
Scalar Variance
Simple Meter
Final Bar Line
31. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Common Time (C)
Scale Degree
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
32. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
System
Subdominat
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dissonant
33. The speed of a beat
C Clef
Downbeat
Mixolydian Mode
Tempo
34. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Supertonic
Mixolydian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Natural Minor Scale
35. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Dorian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Phrygian Mode
Downbeat
36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Locrian Mode
Flat (b)
Double Sharp (X)
Subdominat
37. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Final Bar Line
Hertz
Subdominat
38. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Dot
Scale
39. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Asymmetrical Meter
40. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Hertz
Grand Staff
Enharmonic Equivalent
Double Sharp (X)
41. A single line of melody
Neutral Clef
Monophonic
Natural Minor Scale
Bar Lines
42. 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
Natural Minor Scale
Hertz
43. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Meter
Lydian Mode
Anacrusis
Supertonic
44. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Subtonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Tone Scale
45. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Neutral Clef
Meter
Final Bar Line
Submediant
46. Each step of a scale
Anacrusis
Scale Degree
Scale
Mediant
47. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
System
Supertonic
Natural Minor Scale
Tempo
48. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Alto
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Mediant
Scalar Variance
49. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Monophonic
Pentatonic Scale
Consonant
50. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Subdivision
Phrygian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength