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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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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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1. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Flat (b)
Note Head
C Clef
Pentatonic Scale
2. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Asymmetrical Meter
Leading Tone
Meter
3. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Common Time (C)
Mixolydian Mode
Dorian Mode
Consonant
4. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Mediant
Flag
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
5. 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
Staff
Note Head
Neutral Clef
Whole Tone Scale
6. Unit of space in between bar lines
Scale Degree
Pentatonic Scale
Measures
Neutral Clef
7. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Major Scale
Tempo
Measures
Scalar Variance
8. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Downbeat
Duration
Double Sharp (X)
9. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Leading Tone
Tenor
Chromatic Scale
Double Bar Line
10. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Key Signature
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
System
Mixolydian Mode
11. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Lydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Flat (b)
12. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Note Head
Soprano
Grand Staff
Asymmetrical Meter
13. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Half Step
Submediant
Supertonic
Hertz
14. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Blues Scale
Ledger Lines
Rhythm
15. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Church Mode
Beat
Subdivision
Tetrachord
16. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Half Step
Dominant
Dot
17. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Whole Tone Scale
Common Time (C)
Tie
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
18. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Whole Tone Scale
Dissonant
Hertz
19. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Tenor
Flat (b)
Alto
Major Scale
20. The smallest interval between two notes
Half Step
Blues Scale
Scalar Variance
Duration
21. A single line of melody
Blues Scale
Monophonic
Mezzo-Soprano
Submediant
22. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Baritone
Phrygian Mode
Half Step
Key Signature
23. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Natural Minor Scale
Blues Scale
Hemiola
Syncopation
24. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Bar Lines
Scalar Variance
Tenor
25. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Measures
Dot
Tenor
Harmonic Minor Scale
26. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Ionian Mode
Simple Meter
Dot
27. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Grand Staff
Final Bar Line
Measures
Articulation- Envelope
28. Each step of a scale
Final Bar Line
Chromatic Scale
Scale Degree
Subtonic
29. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Phrygian Mode
Meter
Half Step
Whole Step
30. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Cautionary Accidental
Ionian Mode
Rhythm
Lydian Mode
31. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Blues Scale
Scale Degree
Beat
32. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Half Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Simple Meter
Sharp (#)
33. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Polyphonic
Hemiola
Church Mode
Double Sharp (X)
34. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Submediant
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Enharmonic Equivalent
35. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Beat
Dissonant
Submediant
Lydian Mode
36. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Consonant
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Downbeat
Polyphonic
37. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Double Bar Line
Scale
Ledger Lines
38. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Dot
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tonic
Melodic Minor Scale
39. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
C Clef
Articulation- Envelope
Ionian Mode
Hertz
40. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Downbeat
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale
41. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Whole Tone Scale
Flag
Enharmonic Equivalent
42. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Asymmetrical Meter
Bar Lines
Polyphonic
43. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Duration
Mezzo-Soprano
Monophonic
Cautionary Accidental
44. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Blues Scale
Anacrusis
Staff
Phrygian Mode
45. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Tie
Measures
Submediant
Melodic Minor Scale
46. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Grand Staff
Neutral Clef
Consonant
Pentatonic Scale
47. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Note Head
Meter
Sharp (#)
Subdivision
48. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Anacrusis
Whole Tone Scale
Dot
Grand Staff
49. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Dominant
Dot
Subdominat
Raised Submediant
50. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Mezzo-Soprano
Mediant
Alto
Double Flat (bb)