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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. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Submediant
Rhythm
Consonant
2. The distance between one wave and the next
Leading Tone
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Flat (bb)
Scalar Variance
3. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Consonant
Soprano
Supertonic
Grand Staff
4. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Subdivision
Beat
Dot
Monophonic
5. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Mezzo-Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Church Mode
6. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Duration
Pure Minor Scale
System
Natural Minor Scale
7. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
Syncopation
Natural Minor Scale
8. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Dissonant
Flat (b)
Consonant
Soprano
9. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
System
Major Scale
Locrian Mode
Blues Scale
10. An interval that consists of two half steps
Submediant
Whole Step
Simple Meter
Ionian Mode
11. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Duration
C Clef
Double Flat (bb)
Staff
12. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dominant
Ledger Lines
Compound Meter
Lydian Mode
13. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Common Time (C)
Monophonic
Alto
Articulation- Envelope
14. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Note Head
Locrian Mode
Bar Lines
Tenor
15. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Bar Lines
Subdominat
Double Flat (bb)
Lydian Mode
16. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Key Signature
Dissonant
Tenor
Cautionary Accidental
17. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Bar Lines
Relative Minor
Double Sharp (X)
Key Signature
18. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Articulation- Envelope
Aeolian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Double Bar Line
19. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Measures
Tempo
Cautionary Accidental
Submediant
20. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Mixolydian Mode
Flag
21. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Dominant
Major Scale
Aeolian Mode
22. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Aeolian Mode
Neutral Clef
23. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Harmonic Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Duration
Syncopation
24. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Melodic Minor Scale
Phrygian Mode
Anacrusis
25. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Meter
Phrygian Mode
Baritone
26. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Natural Minor Scale
Supertonic
Dorian Mode
Final Bar Line
27. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Pentatonic Scale
Relative Minor
Meter
Dominant
28. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Mezzo-Soprano
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Locrian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
29. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Downbeat
Raised Submediant
Aeolian Mode
Lydian Mode
30. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Syncopation
Neutral Clef
Scalar Variance
Dot
31. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Stem
Blues Scale
Ledger Lines
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
32. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Sharp (X)
Simple Meter
Polyphonic
33. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Melodic Minor Scale
Leading Tone
Half Step
34. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Tetrachord
Phrygian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Hertz
35. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Major Scale
Sharp (#)
Polyphonic
36. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Bar Lines
Beat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Church Mode
37. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Downbeat
Articulation- Envelope
Leading Tone
Pure Minor Scale
38. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Stem
Leading Tone
Double Flat (bb)
Subdivision
39. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Stem
Downbeat
Mediant
Flat (b)
40. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Articulation- Envelope
Enharmonic Equivalent
41. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Anacrusis
Scalar Variance
Ledger Lines
Baritone
42. The speed of a beat
Asymmetrical Meter
Tempo
Tenor
Melodic Minor Scale
43. Each step of a scale
Neutral Clef
Scale Degree
Double Flat (bb)
Rhythm
44. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Beat
Subdivision
Key Signature
45. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Tie
Lydian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
46. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Harmonic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Subdivision
Half Step
47. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Compound Meter
Rhythm
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ionian Mode
48. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Pentatonic Scale
Raised Submediant
Dominant
Double Bar Line
49. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Final Bar Line
Double Sharp (X)
Neutral Clef
Scale
50. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Aeolian Mode
Measures
Flat (b)