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AP Music Theory

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1. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






2. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






11. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






13. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






19. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






21. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






23. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






24. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






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






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






30. Each step of a scale






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






32. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






33. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






35. The smallest interval between two notes






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






37. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






38. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






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






48. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






49. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






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