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AP Music Theory

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






2. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






3. A major church mode with no accidentals






4. Indicates the end of a piece of music






5. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






6. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






7. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






8. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






9. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music






10. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time






11. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






13. Unit of space in between bar lines






14. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






15. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






16. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines






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






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






19. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth






20. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






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






22. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant






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






24. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






25. The body of a note






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






27. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






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






29. An interval that consists of two half steps






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






31. 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






32. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






33. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






34. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale






35. The speed of a beat






36. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






38. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value






39. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built






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






41. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






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






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






44. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature






45. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree






46. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






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






48. The smallest interval between two notes






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






50. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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