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AP Music Theory

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1. 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






2. The distance between one wave and the next






3. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






5. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






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






8. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






9. Each step of a scale






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






11. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






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






14. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






15. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






16. A single line of melody






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






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






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






27. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together






28. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






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






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






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






33. The body of a note






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






35. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






36. The length of time sound of silence occurs






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






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






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






40. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






41. Series of duration of sound and silence






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






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






44. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






46. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






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