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AP Music Theory

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1. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






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






3. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






4. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






5. The length of time sound of silence occurs






6. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






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






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






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






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






11. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






12. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






13. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






15. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






16. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






17. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






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






19. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






21. A minor church mode with a flatted second






22. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






23. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






24. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






25. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






26. A single line of melody






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






28. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






30. The speed of a beat






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






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






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






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






35. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






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






37. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






38. 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






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






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






41. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






42. The body of a note






43. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






44. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






45. The distance between one wave and the next






46. Series of duration of sound and silence






47. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






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






49. Each step of a scale






50. The use of all three minor forms within a composition







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