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AP Music Theory
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Melodic Minor Scale
Whole Step
Common Time (C)
2. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Raised Submediant
Subdivision
Duration
Tetrachord
3. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Duration
Double Flat (bb)
Key Signature
Syncopation
4. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Church Mode
Subdivision
C Clef
Scalar Variance
5. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Double Sharp (X)
Harmonic Minor Scale
Consonant
Mixolydian Mode
6. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Sharp (#)
Leading Tone
Common Time (C)
Aeolian Mode
7. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Note Head
Soprano
Syncopation
8. The distance between one wave and the next
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Anacrusis
Double Flat (bb)
Hemiola
9. Series of duration of sound and silence
Supertonic
Rhythm
Raised Submediant
Scalar Variance
10. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Leading Tone
Minor Pentachord
Major Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
11. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Bar Lines
Major Scale
Aeolian Mode
Polyphonic
12. A major church mode with no accidentals
Flag
Ionian Mode
Tempo
Baritone
13. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Alto
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Chromatic Scale
14. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Lydian Mode
Grand Staff
Baritone
Flat (b)
15. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Relative Minor
Natural Minor Scale
Subdivision
16. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Consonant
Rhythm
Pure Minor Scale
17. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Note Head
Tie
Church Mode
Double Flat (bb)
18. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Key Signature
Tempo
Pure Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
19. Unit of space in between bar lines
Staff
Phrygian Mode
C Clef
Measures
20. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Double Bar Line
Tonic
Tie
21. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Locrian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Raised Submediant
Alto
22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Articulation- Envelope
Double Flat (bb)
Common Time (C)
Sharp (#)
23. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Flat (b)
Enharmonic Equivalent
Hertz
24. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tie
Natural Minor Scale
Tetrachord
Meter
25. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Final Bar Line
Staff
Tempo
26. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Measures
Tempo
Double Bar Line
Harmonic Minor Scale
27. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Tonic
Final Bar Line
Dissonant
Subdominat
28. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Beat
Blues Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Double Bar Line
29. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Scale
Submediant
Neutral Clef
Dot
30. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Tempo
Major Scale
Subdivision
Key Signature
31. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Meter
Whole Tone Scale
Lydian Mode
Ionian Mode
32. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Tenor
Whole Tone Scale
Meter
Note Head
33. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Monophonic
Bar Lines
34. The speed of a beat
Common Time (C)
Grand Staff
Anacrusis
Tempo
35. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Tempo
Mixolydian Mode
Polyphonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
36. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Tie
Mezzo-Soprano
Scale Degree
Meter
37. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Compound Meter
Ledger Lines
Dorian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
38. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Syncopation
Relative Minor
Minor Pentachord
Sharp (#)
39. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Grand Staff
Mezzo-Soprano
Minor Pentachord
Beat
40. The body of a note
Tonic
Note Head
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Enharmonic Equivalent
41. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Dorian Mode
Hemiola
Enharmonic Equivalent
Pentatonic Scale
42. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Enharmonic Equivalent
Sharp (#)
Flat (b)
43. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Half Step
Aeolian Mode
Major Scale
44. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Simple Meter
Stem
Final Bar Line
Subtonic
45. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Whole Tone Scale
Scale
Pure Minor Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
46. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dorian Mode
Locrian Mode
Ionian Mode
47. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Scale Degree
Meter
Tonic
Tetrachord
48. A set of five lines and four spaces for note writing; each line corresponds to a note with a letter name in between A and G
Meter
Aeolian Mode
Whole Tone Scale
Staff
49. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Phrygian Mode
Mediant
Baritone
Stem
50. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Pure Minor Scale
Tonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight