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AP Music Theory

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






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






3. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






4. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






5. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






7. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






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






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






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






11. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






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






14. The distance between one wave and the next






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






16. A single line of melody






17. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






18. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






19. Unit of space in between bar lines






20. The smallest interval between two notes






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






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






23. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






25. A minor church mode with a flatted second






26. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






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






28. The body of a note






29. The speed of a beat






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Each step of a scale






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






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






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






40. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value






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






42. 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






43. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






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






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






47. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






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






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






50. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic