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AP Music Theory

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1. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line






2. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






3. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart






4. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






5. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






6. A major church mode with no accidentals






7. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two






8. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






9. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






10. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






11. An interval that consists of two half steps






12. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line






13. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending






14. Indicates the end of a piece of music






15. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






16. The length of time sound of silence occurs






17. 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






18. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






19. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium






20. Unit of space in between bar lines






21. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






22. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






23. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other






24. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






25. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






26. Series of duration of sound and silence






27. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






28. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






29. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note






30. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






31. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration






32. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C






33. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






34. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic






35. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






36. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






37. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






38. The distance between one wave and the next






39. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






41. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat






42. The speed of a beat






43. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






44. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






45. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






46. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






47. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






48. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






49. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






50. Meters that have beat units of unequal length