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AP Music Theory

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1. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






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






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






5. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






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






7. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






9. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






11. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps






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






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






14. The body of a note






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






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






24. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






27. The smallest interval between two notes






28. Unit of space in between bar lines






29. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave






30. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






31. The distance between one wave and the next






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






33. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






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






35. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






36. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






38. Each step of a scale






39. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






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






41. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






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






43. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






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






47. Indicates the end of a piece of music






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






49. The speed of a beat






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