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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. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Natural Minor Scale
Major Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Tetrachord
2. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Polyphonic
Compound Meter
Duration
3. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Flat (b)
Chromatic Scale
Ledger Lines
Double Flat (bb)
4. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Submediant
Enharmonic Equivalent
Measures
Supertonic
5. A major church mode with no accidentals
Key Signature
Ionian Mode
Enharmonic Equivalent
Half Step
6. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Melodic Minor Scale
Duration
Tetrachord
Articulation- Envelope
7. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Chromatic Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Rhythm
System
8. The smallest interval between two notes
Scale Degree
Half Step
Chromatic Scale
Neutral Clef
9. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Leading Tone
Aeolian Mode
Mediant
Relative Minor
10. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Phrygian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Major Scale
Consonant
11. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Blues Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Mediant
12. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Leading Tone
Flat (b)
Locrian Mode
Rhythm
13. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Alto
Dominant
Lydian Mode
14. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Duration
Soprano
15. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Flat (b)
Flag
Polyphonic
16. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Tonic
Asymmetrical Meter
17. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Enharmonic Equivalent
Alto
Measures
Soprano
18. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Melodic Minor Scale
Supertonic
Natural Minor Scale
Common Time (C)
19. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Pentatonic Scale
Phrygian Mode
Scalar Variance
20. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Natural Minor Scale
Subtonic
Common Time (C)
Aeolian Mode
21. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Anacrusis
Mixolydian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Mediant
22. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Aeolian Mode
Tempo
Tetrachord
23. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Half Step
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Minor Pentachord
Natural Minor Scale
24. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Church Mode
Flag
Hertz
Rhythm
25. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Scale
Final Bar Line
Tie
Dissonant
26. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Neutral Clef
Dorian Mode
Syncopation
27. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Half Step
Anacrusis
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
28. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
C Clef
Blues Scale
Downbeat
29. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Raised Submediant
Grand Staff
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dominant
30. The speed of a beat
Downbeat
Baritone
Tempo
Grand Staff
31. Series of duration of sound and silence
Subtonic
Half Step
Syncopation
Rhythm
32. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Alto
Aeolian Mode
Rhythm
33. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Scale
Dorian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Tenor
34. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Subdivision
Supertonic
Flat (b)
Simple Meter
35. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Hertz
Consonant
Mixolydian Mode
Leading Tone
36. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Anacrusis
Double Bar Line
Duration
Minor Pentachord
37. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Consonant
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Subdivision
Neutral Clef
38. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Dominant
Neutral Clef
Double Sharp (X)
Note Head
39. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
Whole Tone Scale
Alto
Flag
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
40. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Bar Lines
Tonic
Supertonic
41. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Bar Lines
Hertz
Compound Meter
Asymmetrical Meter
42. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Tempo
Scale
Note Head
Blues Scale
43. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Leading Tone
Rhythm
System
44. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Scale
Dominant
Aeolian Mode
45. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Minor Pentachord
Subdivision
Articulation- Envelope
Baritone
46. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Supertonic
Alto
Tenor
Simple Meter
47. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Major Scale
Tonic
Tie
Mixolydian Mode
48. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Tonic
Meter
Subdominat
49. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Supertonic
Scalar Variance
50. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Submediant
Relative Minor
Blues Scale
Dot