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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 minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Staff
Harmonic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
2. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Tempo
Grand Staff
Natural Minor Scale
3. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Aeolian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Polyphonic
Key Signature
4. 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
Bar Lines
Staff
Flat (b)
Pure Minor Scale
5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Anacrusis
Melodic Minor Scale
Church Mode
6. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tonic
Subdominat
7. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Note Head
Lydian Mode
Relative Minor
Tonic
8. The body of a note
Mediant
Note Head
Whole Tone Scale
Consonant
9. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Natural Minor Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Mezzo-Soprano
Soprano
10. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Polyphonic
Dot
Minor Pentachord
11. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Duration
Leading Tone
Supertonic
Asymmetrical Meter
12. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Syncopation
Asymmetrical Meter
Church Mode
Mixolydian Mode
13. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Mediant
Pentatonic Scale
Phrygian Mode
Syncopation
14. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Consonant
Phrygian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Subtonic
15. The distance between one wave and the next
Pentatonic Scale
Polyphonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
C Clef
16. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Syncopation
Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Hemiola
17. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Supertonic
Meter
Major Scale
Hemiola
18. The smallest interval between two notes
Bar Lines
Rhythm
Chromatic Scale
Half Step
19. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Hertz
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Locrian Mode
Anacrusis
20. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Church Mode
Hemiola
Monophonic
Supertonic
21. A major church mode with no accidentals
Minor Pentachord
Aeolian Mode
Ionian Mode
Bar Lines
22. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Compound Meter
Chromatic Scale
Polyphonic
Bar Lines
23. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Tetrachord
C Clef
Tonic
Mediant
24. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Tempo
Mezzo-Soprano
Hertz
Blues Scale
25. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Anacrusis
Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Common Time (C)
26. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Whole Tone Scale
Compound Meter
Chromatic Scale
Consonant
27. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Subdominat
Common Time (C)
Scalar Variance
Meter
28. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Minor Pentachord
Cautionary Accidental
Whole Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
29. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Hertz
Relative Minor
Subtonic
Dominant
30. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Anacrusis
Scalar Variance
Tenor
Melodic Minor Scale
31. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Whole Tone Scale
Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
32. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Bar Lines
Raised Submediant
Polyphonic
Grand Staff
33. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Church Mode
Minor Pentachord
Meter
Enharmonic Equivalent
34. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Chromatic Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Measures
35. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Mediant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Alto
Relative Minor
36. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Bar Lines
Scale Degree
Grand Staff
Syncopation
37. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Polyphonic
Simple Meter
Scale
Beat
38. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Alto
Beat
Dissonant
Scale
39. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Raised Submediant
Pentatonic Scale
Church Mode
40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Hemiola
Sharp (#)
Submediant
Church Mode
41. Unit of space in between bar lines
Double Sharp (X)
Melodic Minor Scale
Measures
Alto
42. Each step of a scale
C Clef
Supertonic
Common Time (C)
Scale Degree
43. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Scalar Variance
Dot
Dissonant
Scale
44. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Pentatonic Scale
Subdivision
Key Signature
45. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Ionian Mode
Consonant
Pure Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
46. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Stem
Melodic Minor Scale
Grand Staff
Flat (b)
47. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Phrygian Mode
Hertz
Tie
Relative Minor
48. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Double Flat (bb)
Dot
Mezzo-Soprano
49. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Melodic Minor Scale
Minor Pentachord
Staff
Downbeat
50. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Dissonant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Double Sharp (X)
Duration