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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.
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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. A single line of melody
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ionian Mode
Asymmetrical Meter
Monophonic
2. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Scalar Variance
Meter
Common Time (C)
Alto
3. The body of a note
Supertonic
System
Ionian Mode
Note Head
4. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Scale Degree
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
Whole Tone Scale
5. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Baritone
Sharp (#)
Mediant
Soprano
6. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Baritone
Common Time (C)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Raised Submediant
7. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Duration
Submediant
Double Bar Line
8. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Mediant
Pentatonic Scale
Soprano
Double Flat (bb)
9. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Hemiola
Neutral Clef
Church Mode
Flat (b)
10. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Baritone
C Clef
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
11. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Major Scale
C Clef
Ionian Mode
Sharp (#)
12. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Monophonic
Relative Minor
Dot
13. A major church mode with no accidentals
Ionian Mode
Dominant
Mixolydian Mode
Soprano
14. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Key Signature
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
15. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
System
Dot
Baritone
16. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
17. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Scalar Variance
Blues Scale
Locrian Mode
Dominant
18. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Whole Tone Scale
Common Time (C)
Measures
Supertonic
19. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
Common Time (C)
Meter
20. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Simple Meter
Lydian Mode
Alto
Double Bar Line
21. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Whole Tone Scale
Tetrachord
Dissonant
Enharmonic Equivalent
22. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Beat
Bar Lines
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
23. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Dot
Simple Meter
Double Sharp (X)
Polyphonic
24. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Asymmetrical Meter
Pentatonic Scale
Compound Meter
25. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Monophonic
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Ledger Lines
Tonic
26. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Compound Meter
Double Bar Line
Whole Tone Scale
Rhythm
27. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Subdivision
Monophonic
Submediant
Tenor
28. The smallest interval between two notes
Grand Staff
Raised Submediant
Dominant
Half Step
29. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
Downbeat
Cautionary Accidental
30. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Church Mode
Aeolian Mode
Soprano
Tetrachord
31. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Syncopation
Tie
Flag
Harmonic Minor Scale
32. The speed of a beat
Soprano
Syncopation
Tempo
Locrian Mode
33. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Hemiola
Pure Minor Scale
Tetrachord
34. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Tenor
Flag
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Major Scale
35. Each step of a scale
Rhythm
Anacrusis
Locrian Mode
Scale Degree
36. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Scalar Variance
Melodic Minor Scale
Dot
Tonic
37. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Aeolian Mode
Harmonic Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale
38. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Locrian Mode
Common Time (C)
Cautionary Accidental
39. Series of duration of sound and silence
Tenor
Dorian Mode
Grand Staff
Rhythm
40. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Tempo
Polyphonic
Major Scale
41. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Asymmetrical Meter
Duration
Flag
Chromatic Scale
42. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Whole Step
Hemiola
Double Flat (bb)
Common Time (C)
43. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
C Clef
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
44. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Tie
Whole Step
Duration
Ledger Lines
45. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Downbeat
Pentatonic Scale
Key Signature
46. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Hertz
Harmonic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Ledger Lines
47. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Polyphonic
Flag
Raised Submediant
Baritone
48. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Final Bar Line
Baritone
Hertz
Mezzo-Soprano
49. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Mixolydian Mode
Blues Scale
Soprano
50. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Subdivision
Half Step
Relative Minor
Stem