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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Alto
Scalar Variance
Grand Staff
2. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Final Bar Line
Scale Degree
Syncopation
Neutral Clef
3. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Subdivision
Asymmetrical Meter
Submediant
4. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Polyphonic
Aeolian Mode
Subdivision
Tonic
5. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Mediant
Locrian Mode
Monophonic
6. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Consonant
Cautionary Accidental
Blues Scale
Beat
7. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Baritone
Scale
Half Step
8. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Syncopation
Rhythm
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Lydian Mode
9. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
System
Relative Minor
Double Flat (bb)
Supertonic
10. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Anacrusis
Articulation- Envelope
Whole Tone Scale
Compound Meter
11. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Final Bar Line
Natural Minor Scale
C Clef
Leading Tone
12. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Mixolydian Mode
Key Signature
Double Bar Line
Dominant
13. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Note Head
Enharmonic Equivalent
Final Bar Line
Tempo
14. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Tempo
Dot
Baritone
Subdivision
15. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Downbeat
Hertz
Flag
Ionian Mode
16. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Relative Minor
Stem
Tonic
Duration
17. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Rhythm
Asymmetrical Meter
Articulation- Envelope
Key Signature
18. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Scale Degree
Downbeat
Soprano
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
19. Each step of a scale
Consonant
Scale Degree
Pure Minor Scale
Soprano
20. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
System
Dorian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
21. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Chromatic Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Hertz
Duration
22. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Alto
Blues Scale
Aeolian Mode
Sharp (#)
23. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Monophonic
Tenor
Blues Scale
Bar Lines
24. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Tempo
Blues Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
25. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Double Bar Line
Scalar Variance
Downbeat
Subdominat
26. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Subdominat
Natural Minor Scale
Baritone
27. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Mezzo-Soprano
Double Flat (bb)
Scale
28. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Whole Step
Measures
Polyphonic
29. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subtonic
Chromatic Scale
Common Time (C)
30. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Beat
Measures
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
31. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Ionian Mode
Hemiola
Major Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
32. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Staff
Grand Staff
Tetrachord
Whole Tone Scale
33. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Common Time (C)
Melodic Minor Scale
Church Mode
Pentatonic Scale
34. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Downbeat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Tonic
Whole Step
35. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Supertonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Duration
36. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Melodic Minor Scale
Sharp (#)
Ledger Lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
37. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Ionian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Monophonic
Anacrusis
38. Series of duration of sound and silence
Chromatic Scale
C Clef
Rhythm
Church Mode
39. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Relative Minor
Harmonic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Double Bar Line
40. The body of a note
Note Head
Minor Pentachord
Polyphonic
Mezzo-Soprano
41. The distance between one wave and the next
Grand Staff
Neutral Clef
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
C Clef
42. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Pentatonic Scale
Sharp (#)
Flag
Phrygian Mode
43. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Minor Pentachord
Soprano
44. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Mixolydian Mode
Tenor
Mezzo-Soprano
Syncopation
45. The speed of a beat
Simple Meter
Tempo
Relative Minor
Polyphonic
46. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Consonant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
C Clef
Raised Submediant
47. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dissonant
Sharp (#)
Anacrusis
Locrian Mode
48. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Ledger Lines
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Asymmetrical Meter
Tonic
49. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Ledger Lines
Simple Meter
Scale
Major Scale
50. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Tie
Stem
C Clef