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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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1. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Whole Tone Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Grand Staff
2. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Subdivision
Leading Tone
Half Step
3. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Common Time (C)
Articulation- Envelope
Neutral Clef
4. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Staff
Consonant
Subtonic
5. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Subtonic
Stem
Double Flat (bb)
Scale
6. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Submediant
Downbeat
Blues Scale
Chromatic Scale
7. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Scale Degree
Melodic Minor Scale
Hertz
Final Bar Line
8. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Articulation- Envelope
Ledger Lines
Alto
Subdominat
9. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Pentatonic Scale
Mediant
10. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Duration
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Grand Staff
11. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Final Bar Line
Syncopation
Consonant
Double Sharp (X)
12. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Subdominat
Leading Tone
Mediant
Supertonic
13. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Mezzo-Soprano
Raised Submediant
Whole Tone Scale
Hertz
14. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Syncopation
Dorian Mode
Aeolian Mode
15. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Dissonant
Minor Pentachord
Aeolian Mode
16. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Polyphonic
Anacrusis
Mediant
17. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Compound Meter
Leading Tone
Grand Staff
18. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Tenor
Alto
Baritone
19. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Whole Step
Compound Meter
Flat (b)
Flag
20. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Final Bar Line
Leading Tone
Double Bar Line
Minor Pentachord
21. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale Degree
Consonant
Key Signature
22. 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
System
Simple Meter
Staff
Note Head
23. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Lydian Mode
Beat
Common Time (C)
Scale Degree
24. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Stem
Grand Staff
C Clef
Enharmonic Equivalent
25. The distance between one wave and the next
Tempo
Tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Articulation- Envelope
26. A single line of melody
Baritone
Whole Step
Common Time (C)
Monophonic
27. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
System
Mezzo-Soprano
Subdivision
Baritone
28. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
System
Whole Tone Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Melodic Minor Scale
29. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Tetrachord
Dot
Hemiola
Beat
30. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Anacrusis
Baritone
Simple Meter
Mediant
31. Unit of space in between bar lines
Relative Minor
Consonant
Measures
Dissonant
32. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mixolydian Mode
Hertz
Scale
33. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Polyphonic
Lydian Mode
Subdivision
Tetrachord
34. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Pure Minor Scale
Stem
Articulation- Envelope
35. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Mixolydian Mode
Tonic
Whole Step
Grand Staff
36. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Hemiola
Double Bar Line
Tie
Dorian Mode
37. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Neutral Clef
Cautionary Accidental
Hemiola
Anacrusis
38. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Dorian Mode
Cautionary Accidental
Polyphonic
Sharp (#)
39. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Downbeat
Tenor
Tonic
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
40. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Melodic Minor Scale
Raised Submediant
Hemiola
Pentatonic Scale
41. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Downbeat
Mezzo-Soprano
Mediant
Double Flat (bb)
42. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Double Flat (bb)
Polyphonic
Anacrusis
Key Signature
43. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Scale
Tonic
Measures
Aeolian Mode
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Double Sharp (X)
Consonant
Flat (b)
Scalar Variance
45. The speed of a beat
Tempo
Relative Minor
Grand Staff
Half Step
46. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Neutral Clef
Measures
Minor Pentachord
Blues Scale
47. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Staff
Key Signature
Hemiola
48. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Downbeat
Consonant
Minor Pentachord
49. Series of duration of sound and silence
Church Mode
Compound Meter
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Rhythm
50. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
C Clef
Submediant
Simple Meter
Neutral Clef