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AP Music Theory

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1. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






3. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






4. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






5. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






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






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






9. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






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






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






12. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






13. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






14. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






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






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






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






18. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






19. The distance between one wave and the next






20. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






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






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






23. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






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






25. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






26. The body of a note






27. An interval that consists of two half steps






28. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






30. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






31. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






32. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






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






34. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






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






36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






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






38. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






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






40. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






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






42. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






44. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






46. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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






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