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