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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






2. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






3. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






4. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






5. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






6. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






7. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






8. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






9. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






10. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






11. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






12. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






13. The distance between one wave and the next






14. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






15. Unit of space in between bar lines






16. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






17. 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






18. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






19. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






20. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






21. Each step of a scale






22. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






23. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






24. A major church mode with no accidentals






25. The body of a note






26. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






27. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






28. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






29. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






30. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






31. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






32. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






33. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






34. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






35. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






36. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






37. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






38. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






39. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






40. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






41. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






43. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






44. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






45. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






46. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






47. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






48. The length of time sound of silence occurs






49. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






50. The smallest interval between two notes