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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A major church mode with no accidentals
Locrian Mode
Note Head
Tenor
Ionian Mode
2. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Ledger Lines
Articulation- Envelope
Bar Lines
3. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Subdominat
Scale
Anacrusis
4. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Supertonic
Subdivision
Beat
5. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Phrygian Mode
C Clef
Raised Submediant
6. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Flag
Articulation- Envelope
Dorian Mode
7. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Syncopation
Mediant
Asymmetrical Meter
8. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Soprano
Ledger Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Tenor
9. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Dorian Mode
Subdivision
Flag
Note Head
10. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Baritone
Subdivision
Mezzo-Soprano
11. The smallest interval between two notes
C Clef
Flag
Asymmetrical Meter
Half Step
12. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Double Sharp (X)
System
Common Time (C)
13. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Final Bar Line
Stem
Lydian Mode
Key Signature
14. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Note Head
Simple Meter
Subdivision
Harmonic Minor Scale
15. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Pure Minor Scale
Baritone
Flat (b)
Anacrusis
16. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Duration
Enharmonic Equivalent
Common Time (C)
17. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Scale
C Clef
Whole Step
System
18. An interval that consists of two half steps
C Clef
Whole Step
Double Bar Line
Blues Scale
19. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Major Scale
Dot
Mezzo-Soprano
Raised Submediant
20. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Polyphonic
Simple Meter
Scale Degree
21. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Scale
Tenor
Pure Minor Scale
Alto
22. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Dominant
Dissonant
Beat
23. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Meter
Sharp (#)
Ledger Lines
24. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Anacrusis
Hertz
Double Flat (bb)
Tenor
25. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Anacrusis
Cautionary Accidental
Subdivision
Scale Degree
26. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Half Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
27. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Mediant
Raised Submediant
Dissonant
Tie
28. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Stem
Flat (b)
Leading Tone
Asymmetrical Meter
29. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Final Bar Line
Neutral Clef
Anacrusis
30. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Alto
31. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Half Step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Tonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
32. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Pentatonic Scale
Mediant
Blues Scale
33. The distance between one wave and the next
System
Double Flat (bb)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
34. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Monophonic
Neutral Clef
Consonant
Double Sharp (X)
35. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Major Scale
Polyphonic
Whole Tone Scale
Tie
36. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Compound Meter
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dominant
37. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Soprano
Beat
Tempo
Sharp (#)
38. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Sharp (#)
Raised Submediant
Phrygian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
39. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Blues Scale
Tie
Half Step
Compound Meter
40. The body of a note
Soprano
Downbeat
System
Note Head
41. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Hemiola
Mixolydian Mode
Tempo
42. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Note Head
Pentatonic Scale
Lydian Mode
Final Bar Line
43. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Dissonant
Scalar Variance
Subdivision
Duration
44. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tenor
Dominant
45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Subtonic
Tetrachord
Staff
Double Sharp (X)
46. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Pentatonic Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Whole Step
Ionian Mode
47. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Duration
Alto
Mediant
48. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Anacrusis
Chromatic Scale
Compound Meter
49. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Meter
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
50. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Locrian Mode
Tempo
Supertonic
Dorian Mode