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AP Music Theory
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Measures
Common Time (C)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Aeolian Mode
2. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Cautionary Accidental
Phrygian Mode
Hertz
Double Bar Line
3. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
System
Stem
Aeolian Mode
4. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Natural Minor Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Tie
Double Flat (bb)
5. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Phrygian Mode
Dot
Subtonic
Ionian Mode
6. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Monophonic
Aeolian Mode
Duration
Staff
7. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Articulation- Envelope
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Stem
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
8. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Dominant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Relative Minor
Asymmetrical Meter
9. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Hemiola
Leading Tone
Dominant
Final Bar Line
10. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Consonant
Natural Minor Scale
Major Scale
11. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Mediant
Compound Meter
Church Mode
12. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Church Mode
Meter
Polyphonic
Supertonic
13. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Monophonic
Beat
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Hertz
14. An interval that consists of two half steps
Locrian Mode
Whole Step
Enharmonic Equivalent
Compound Meter
15. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tenor
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Enharmonic Equivalent
16. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Relative Minor
Double Bar Line
Compound Meter
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
17. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Duration
Mediant
Mezzo-Soprano
18. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Ledger Lines
Chromatic Scale
Minor Pentachord
Polyphonic
19. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Sharp (#)
Hemiola
Mixolydian Mode
Raised Submediant
20. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Lydian Mode
Syncopation
Stem
Raised Submediant
21. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Ledger Lines
Sharp (#)
Supertonic
22. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Chromatic Scale
Measures
System
Duration
23. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Anacrusis
Supertonic
Pure Minor Scale
24. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Locrian Mode
Flat (b)
Polyphonic
Soprano
25. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Tenor
Melodic Minor Scale
Scale
Ledger Lines
26. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Raised Submediant
Downbeat
Pure Minor Scale
Hertz
27. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Grand Staff
Duration
Minor Pentachord
28. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Duration
Simple Meter
Scale
Bar Lines
29. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Asymmetrical Meter
Dominant
Blues Scale
Double Sharp (X)
30. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Cautionary Accidental
Natural Minor Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Sharp (#)
31. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
Neutral Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
32. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Natural Minor Scale
Bar Lines
Baritone
Tetrachord
33. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Neutral Clef
Bar Lines
Raised Submediant
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
34. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Dissonant
Sharp (#)
Chromatic Scale
35. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Rhythm
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Hemiola
Measures
36. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Consonant
Tempo
Double Sharp (X)
37. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Leading Tone
Melodic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Double Sharp (X)
38. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Simple Meter
Hemiola
Final Bar Line
39. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Neutral Clef
Pure Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
40. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Church Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
41. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Note Head
Ionian Mode
Monophonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
42. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Anacrusis
Major Scale
Meter
Consonant
43. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Pentatonic Scale
Dorian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Simple Meter
44. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Articulation- Envelope
Pentatonic Scale
45. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Raised Submediant
Note Head
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
46. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Melodic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Neutral Clef
Phrygian Mode
47. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Soprano
Natural Minor Scale
Anacrusis
48. A major church mode with no accidentals
Tenor
Downbeat
Baritone
Ionian Mode
49. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Baritone
Consonant
Flat (b)
Subdominat
50. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Blues Scale
Leading Tone
Neutral Clef
Dissonant