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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. The speed of a beat
Downbeat
Tempo
Dominant
Dorian Mode
2. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Harmonic Minor Scale
Flat (b)
Final Bar Line
Compound Meter
3. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Measures
Final Bar Line
Hemiola
Aeolian Mode
4. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Aeolian Mode
Lydian Mode
Dorian Mode
5. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Simple Meter
Consonant
Raised Submediant
Beat
6. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mixolydian Mode
Hertz
Mezzo-Soprano
Leading Tone
7. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Hemiola
Church Mode
Simple Meter
8. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Hertz
Ledger Lines
Subdivision
Double Bar Line
9. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Double Sharp (X)
Leading Tone
Tie
Scale
10. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Measures
Asymmetrical Meter
Mezzo-Soprano
Meter
11. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Dot
Dissonant
Simple Meter
12. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Ledger Lines
Enharmonic Equivalent
Leading Tone
13. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Flat (b)
Staff
Scale
14. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Ledger Lines
Meter
Sharp (#)
Rhythm
15. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Consonant
Minor Pentachord
Tie
Simple Meter
16. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Rhythm
Dissonant
Monophonic
17. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Subdominat
Scale Degree
Key Signature
C Clef
18. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Note Head
Whole Tone Scale
Hertz
19. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
Common Time (C)
Harmonic Minor Scale
20. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Submediant
Final Bar Line
Pure Minor Scale
21. Series of duration of sound and silence
Duration
Locrian Mode
Rhythm
Syncopation
22. A single line of melody
Dominant
Flat (b)
Staff
Monophonic
23. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Mediant
Aeolian Mode
Major Scale
Alto
24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
C Clef
Ledger Lines
Grand Staff
Raised Submediant
25. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Whole Tone Scale
Leading Tone
Aeolian Mode
System
26. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Pentatonic Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
27. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Syncopation
Half Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Subtonic
28. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Tone Scale
Subdominat
Double Bar Line
29. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Beat
Sharp (#)
Dot
Dominant
30. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Alto
Tempo
Dorian Mode
31. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Raised Submediant
Measures
Compound Meter
Double Sharp (X)
32. An interval that consists of two half steps
Anacrusis
Whole Step
Enharmonic Equivalent
Beat
33. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Submediant
Whole Tone Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Cautionary Accidental
34. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Duration
Anacrusis
Hemiola
Soprano
35. Each step of a scale
Tempo
Downbeat
Scale Degree
Tie
36. A major church mode with no accidentals
Submediant
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
Ionian Mode
37. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Relative Minor
Hemiola
Melodic Minor Scale
Hertz
38. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Ledger Lines
Dot
Baritone
39. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Dorian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Minor Pentachord
40. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Submediant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Subdominat
Supertonic
41. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Tetrachord
Meter
Key Signature
Blues Scale
42. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Chromatic Scale
Anacrusis
Sharp (#)
Syncopation
43. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Scale
Common Time (C)
Minor Pentachord
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
44. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Phrygian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Lydian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
45. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Measures
Scale Degree
Scale
46. The smallest interval between two notes
Whole Tone Scale
Half Step
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Alto
47. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Ionian Mode
Pentatonic Scale
Subdivision
Anacrusis
48. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Mixolydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Enharmonic Equivalent
Aeolian Mode
49. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Whole Step
Supertonic
Ionian Mode
Chromatic Scale
50. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dorian Mode
Dissonant
Alto