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AP Music Theory

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






2. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






4. The speed of a beat






5. Each step of a scale






6. 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






7. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






10. Unit of space in between bar lines






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






12. Series of duration of sound and silence






13. The distance between one wave and the next






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






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






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






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






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






19. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






21. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






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






24. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






26. The body of a note






27. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






28. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






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






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






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






33. Indicates the end of a piece of music






34. The smallest interval between two notes






35. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






36. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






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






46. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






47. A single line of melody






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






49. An interval that consists of two half steps






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