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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 cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Meter
Tie
Hemiola
Mediant
2. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Double Bar Line
Phrygian Mode
Dot
3. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Mezzo-Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
Alto
Compound Meter
4. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Cautionary Accidental
Aeolian Mode
Locrian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
5. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Meter
Articulation- Envelope
Phrygian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
6. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Tonic
Final Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
Soprano
7. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Rhythm
Scalar Variance
Aeolian Mode
Chromatic Scale
8. Series of duration of sound and silence
Hemiola
Mediant
Rhythm
Relative Minor
9. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Subdominat
Consonant
Tetrachord
10. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Double Bar Line
Alto
Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
11. An interval that consists of two half steps
Tetrachord
Articulation- Envelope
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Whole Step
12. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Dissonant
Stem
Compound Meter
Neutral Clef
13. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Church Mode
Submediant
Raised Submediant
14. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Polyphonic
Double Flat (bb)
Dissonant
Enharmonic Equivalent
15. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Tempo
Hemiola
Sharp (#)
16. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Monophonic
Simple Meter
Tonic
Church Mode
17. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Relative Minor
Supertonic
Double Sharp (X)
Meter
18. The body of a note
Scale Degree
Note Head
Final Bar Line
Chromatic Scale
19. A single line of melody
Mediant
Duration
Monophonic
Whole Tone Scale
20. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Stem
Meter
Minor Pentachord
Downbeat
21. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Staff
Submediant
Supertonic
Mediant
22. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Measures
Staff
Scale
Duration
23. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Subdominat
Anacrusis
Scalar Variance
Major Scale
24. Unit of space in between bar lines
Scalar Variance
Mezzo-Soprano
Measures
Tenor
25. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
Natural Minor Scale
Articulation- Envelope
26. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Polyphonic
Cautionary Accidental
System
27. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dot
Submediant
28. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Half Step
Hertz
Bar Lines
Lydian Mode
29. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Hemiola
Major Scale
Key Signature
30. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Sharp (#)
Compound Meter
Soprano
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
31. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Flat (b)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tie
32. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Tenor
Stem
Aeolian Mode
Chromatic Scale
33. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Consonant
Cautionary Accidental
Asymmetrical Meter
Dorian Mode
34. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Raised Submediant
Meter
Baritone
Double Sharp (X)
35. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Final Bar Line
Simple Meter
Scale
36. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Neutral Clef
Duration
Flag
Meter
37. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Meter
Monophonic
Mediant
Pure Minor Scale
38. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Duration
Tenor
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Leading Tone
39. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Mediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdivision
40. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Chromatic Scale
Locrian Mode
Hertz
Minor Pentachord
41. Each step of a scale
Subdivision
Scale Degree
Articulation- Envelope
Blues Scale
42. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Major Scale
Church Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
43. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Tenor
Baritone
Flat (b)
Syncopation
44. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
System
Flag
Submediant
Dot
45. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Double Sharp (X)
Tonic
Blues Scale
Cautionary Accidental
46. The smallest interval between two notes
Double Sharp (X)
Half Step
Melodic Minor Scale
Supertonic
47. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Cautionary Accidental
Whole Tone Scale
Consonant
48. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
Stem
49. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Consonant
Chromatic Scale
Double Bar Line
Scalar Variance
50. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Enharmonic Equivalent
Simple Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
Double Flat (bb)