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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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performing-arts
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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. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Polyphonic
Articulation- Envelope
Rhythm
2. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Melodic Minor Scale
Phrygian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
3. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Whole Tone Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subtonic
Tie
4. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Cautionary Accidental
Dot
Subtonic
Raised Submediant
5. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Duration
Lydian Mode
Subtonic
6. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Anacrusis
Downbeat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dorian Mode
7. Series of duration of sound and silence
Anacrusis
Tempo
Rhythm
C Clef
8. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Meter
Polyphonic
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
9. The smallest interval between two notes
Meter
Half Step
Sharp (#)
Hertz
10. The distance between one wave and the next
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Pentatonic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Consonant
11. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Tie
Aeolian Mode
Dissonant
Common Time (C)
12. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Leading Tone
Scale Degree
Hertz
Natural Minor Scale
13. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Scale Degree
Natural Minor Scale
System
Articulation- Envelope
14. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Double Flat (bb)
Stem
Church Mode
Simple Meter
15. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Sharp (#)
System
Pure Minor Scale
Downbeat
16. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Relative Minor
Hertz
17. A major church mode with no accidentals
Simple Meter
Polyphonic
Ionian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
18. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Grand Staff
Supertonic
Double Bar Line
Scale
19. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Whole Step
Major Scale
Double Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
20. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Hemiola
Alto
Whole Tone Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
21. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Neutral Clef
Asymmetrical Meter
Hertz
Aeolian Mode
22. The body of a note
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Harmonic Minor Scale
Note Head
Locrian Mode
23. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Mixolydian Mode
C Clef
Tie
Soprano
24. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Subdivision
Staff
Mezzo-Soprano
Bar Lines
25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
Double Flat (bb)
Beat
26. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Lydian Mode
Tie
Double Bar Line
Flat (b)
27. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Tempo
Neutral Clef
Note Head
Submediant
28. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Note Head
Major Scale
Rhythm
29. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Locrian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Syncopation
Enharmonic Equivalent
30. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Note Head
Major Scale
Grand Staff
Compound Meter
31. Unit of space in between bar lines
Minor Pentachord
Measures
Flat (b)
Dot
32. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Leading Tone
Dorian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
33. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Note Head
Tetrachord
Phrygian Mode
Flat (b)
34. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Meter
Minor Pentachord
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Flag
35. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Neutral Clef
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dominant
Subdivision
36. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Double Bar Line
Beat
Tie
Scalar Variance
37. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Double Bar Line
Baritone
Dissonant
Scale Degree
38. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Ledger Lines
Tetrachord
Anacrusis
Pentatonic Scale
39. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Polyphonic
Tenor
Double Bar Line
Rhythm
40. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
C Clef
Half Step
Mixolydian Mode
Whole Step
41. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Asymmetrical Meter
Beat
Chromatic Scale
Mediant
42. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Flat (b)
Asymmetrical Meter
Stem
Hertz
43. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Staff
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Scalar Variance
44. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cautionary Accidental
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Neutral Clef
Supertonic
45. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Double Flat (bb)
C Clef
Dorian Mode
46. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Natural Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dot
47. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Tetrachord
Alto
Hertz
Duration
48. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Subdominat
Hertz
Polyphonic
Hemiola
49. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Tonic
Whole Tone Scale
Mixolydian Mode
50. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Scale Degree
Scalar Variance
Pentatonic Scale