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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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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 major church mode with no accidentals
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Polyphonic
Ledger Lines
Ionian Mode
2. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Alto
Common Time (C)
Ionian Mode
Church Mode
3. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Whole Tone Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Soprano
4. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Duration
Downbeat
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
5. Unit of space in between bar lines
Scale Degree
Neutral Clef
Staff
Measures
6. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
System
Double Bar Line
Baritone
Natural Minor Scale
7. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Staff
Final Bar Line
Ledger Lines
8. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Flat (b)
Scalar Variance
Sharp (#)
9. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Relative Minor
Syncopation
Baritone
Tie
10. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Major Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Submediant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
11. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Tenor
Scalar Variance
Raised Submediant
Tonic
12. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Pentatonic Scale
Measures
Minor Pentachord
Chromatic Scale
13. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Downbeat
Final Bar Line
Submediant
Supertonic
14. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Key Signature
Major Scale
Blues Scale
15. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Mezzo-Soprano
Double Sharp (X)
Polyphonic
16. The smallest interval between two notes
Lydian Mode
Half Step
Dissonant
Scalar Variance
17. The distance between one wave and the next
Cautionary Accidental
Double Flat (bb)
Minor Pentachord
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
18. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Beat
Flag
Subtonic
19. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Duration
Locrian Mode
Double Sharp (X)
Flat (b)
20. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Flag
Soprano
Pure Minor Scale
Consonant
21. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Monophonic
Subdominat
Dominant
Submediant
22. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Minor Pentachord
Measures
Phrygian Mode
Alto
23. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Sharp (#)
Mezzo-Soprano
Locrian Mode
Subdivision
24. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Sharp (#)
Scale
Submediant
25. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Stem
Subtonic
Simple Meter
Church Mode
26. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Relative Minor
Tie
Compound Meter
27. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Relative Minor
Aeolian Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Pentatonic Scale
28. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Dissonant
Church Mode
Leading Tone
29. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Grand Staff
Harmonic Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Consonant
30. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Downbeat
Baritone
31. The body of a note
Baritone
Note Head
Common Time (C)
Soprano
32. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Rhythm
Aeolian Mode
Stem
Duration
33. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
C Clef
Alto
Mezzo-Soprano
Syncopation
34. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Grand Staff
Whole Tone Scale
35. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Double Sharp (X)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Raised Submediant
36. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Compound Meter
Bar Lines
Aeolian Mode
Natural Minor Scale
37. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
System
Dot
Subdivision
Tenor
38. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Polyphonic
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
Mixolydian Mode
39. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Pure Minor Scale
Church Mode
Neutral Clef
Compound Meter
40. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Harmonic Minor Scale
Major Scale
Meter
Flag
41. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Dot
Stem
Enharmonic Equivalent
Cautionary Accidental
42. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Ionian Mode
Supertonic
Aeolian Mode
Subdivision
43. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Hertz
Leading Tone
Double Sharp (X)
Double Flat (bb)
44. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Lydian Mode
Subdominat
Mediant
Minor Pentachord
45. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Aeolian Mode
System
C Clef
Tie
46. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Pure Minor Scale
Syncopation
Downbeat
Hemiola
47. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Monophonic
Consonant
Submediant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
48. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Mediant
Subtonic
Asymmetrical Meter
49. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Lydian Mode
Pure Minor Scale
Subdominat
Baritone
50. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Duration
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Anacrusis