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AP Music Theory

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






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






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






4. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






5. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






7. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






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






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






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






12. A single line of melody






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






14. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






15. Indicates the end of a piece of music






16. Series of duration of sound and silence






17. Each step of a scale






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






19. An interval that consists of two half steps






20. The distance between one wave and the next






21. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






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






24. A minor church mode with a flatted second






25. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third






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






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






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






36. Unit of space in between bar lines






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






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






39. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






40. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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






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






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






46. The body of a note






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






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






49. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C






50. The smallest interval between two notes







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