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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 combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
C Clef
Dissonant
Monophonic
Natural Minor Scale
2. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Downbeat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Syncopation
Meter
3. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Dominant
Polyphonic
Syncopation
Key Signature
4. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
C Clef
Tetrachord
Major Scale
Supertonic
5. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Major Scale
Ledger Lines
C Clef
Beat
6. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Whole Tone Scale
Major Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Ledger Lines
7. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Rhythm
Chromatic Scale
Double Flat (bb)
Melodic Minor Scale
8. A single line of melody
Submediant
Phrygian Mode
System
Monophonic
9. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Hertz
Melodic Minor Scale
Submediant
Meter
10. The body of a note
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Note Head
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subdominat
11. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Lydian Mode
Dorian Mode
Anacrusis
Downbeat
12. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Harmonic Minor Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Enharmonic Equivalent
13. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Stem
Key Signature
Tetrachord
Scalar Variance
14. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Scale
Double Bar Line
Soprano
15. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Half Step
Meter
Double Sharp (X)
16. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Monophonic
Meter
Common Time (C)
Double Flat (bb)
17. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Chromatic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Subtonic
Double Flat (bb)
18. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Mixolydian Mode
Lydian Mode
Submediant
19. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Simple Meter
Tempo
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Enharmonic Equivalent
20. Series of duration of sound and silence
Measures
Leading Tone
Rhythm
Note Head
21. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Neutral Clef
Flat (b)
Blues Scale
22. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Hemiola
Locrian Mode
Compound Meter
Final Bar Line
23. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Note Head
Blues Scale
24. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Lydian Mode
Sharp (#)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Scalar Variance
25. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Meter
Whole Tone Scale
Relative Minor
Final Bar Line
26. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Subdominat
Cautionary Accidental
Flag
Dorian Mode
27. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Common Time (C)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
28. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Asymmetrical Meter
Half Step
Meter
Baritone
29. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Double Bar Line
Supertonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Ionian Mode
30. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Mixolydian Mode
Hertz
Articulation- Envelope
Ledger Lines
31. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Monophonic
Dominant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Raised Submediant
32. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dominant
Key Signature
Chromatic Scale
33. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Dorian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Melodic Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
34. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Sharp (#)
Tonic
Simple Meter
Neutral Clef
35. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Chromatic Scale
Tetrachord
Stem
Enharmonic Equivalent
36. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Whole Tone Scale
Tenor
Dot
Grand Staff
37. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Polyphonic
Flag
Simple Meter
Double Sharp (X)
38. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Neutral Clef
Key Signature
Soprano
39. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Blues Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Submediant
Church Mode
40. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Bar Lines
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Double Sharp (X)
41. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Articulation- Envelope
Mixolydian Mode
Flag
Mediant
42. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Tie
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdominat
Common Time (C)
43. Unit of space in between bar lines
Monophonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Syncopation
Measures
44. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Mezzo-Soprano
Asymmetrical Meter
Duration
Raised Submediant
45. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Staff
Whole Step
Flag
46. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Minor Pentachord
Major Scale
Dominant
47. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Whole Tone Scale
Subdominat
Blues Scale
Major Scale
48. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Flat (b)
Cautionary Accidental
Tetrachord
49. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Aeolian Mode
Alto
Dominant
Bar Lines
50. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Scalar Variance
Relative Minor
Natural Minor Scale
Mezzo-Soprano