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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






2. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






4. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






7. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






8. Unit of space in between bar lines






9. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






10. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






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






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






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






24. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






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






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






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






28. Each step of a scale






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






30. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






31. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






33. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






35. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






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






38. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






39. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






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






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






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






43. The distance between one wave and the next






44. 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






45. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






46. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






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






48. A single line of melody






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






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