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AP Music Theory
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Subjects
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performing-arts
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ap
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performing-arts
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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. 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
Ledger Lines
Dissonant
Half Step
Staff
2. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Mixolydian Mode
Mediant
Harmonic Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
3. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Tenor
Simple Meter
Duration
Bar Lines
4. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Melodic Minor Scale
Sharp (#)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Downbeat
5. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Double Sharp (X)
Compound Meter
Double Bar Line
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
6. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Articulation- Envelope
Bar Lines
Pure Minor Scale
Subtonic
7. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Hertz
Baritone
Compound Meter
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
8. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Dot
Grand Staff
Raised Submediant
Beat
9. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Enharmonic Equivalent
Tetrachord
Key Signature
Scalar Variance
10. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Staff
Syncopation
Baritone
Submediant
11. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Whole Tone Scale
C Clef
Whole Step
Neutral Clef
12. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Tetrachord
Natural Minor Scale
Polyphonic
Dominant
13. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Melodic Minor Scale
Pentatonic Scale
Dissonant
Rhythm
14. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Mezzo-Soprano
Anacrusis
Melodic Minor Scale
Polyphonic
15. Each step of a scale
Double Sharp (X)
Scale Degree
Monophonic
Bar Lines
16. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Staff
Scale
Supertonic
Raised Submediant
17. An interval that consists of two half steps
Syncopation
Downbeat
Whole Step
System
18. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Harmonic Minor Scale
Half Step
Consonant
Subdivision
19. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Supertonic
Beat
Double Bar Line
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
20. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Mezzo-Soprano
Polyphonic
Dissonant
Supertonic
21. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Stem
Tenor
Dissonant
22. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Dorian Mode
Church Mode
Leading Tone
Scalar Variance
23. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Tonic
Dissonant
Melodic Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
24. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Baritone
Grand Staff
Subdominat
Downbeat
25. A major church mode with no accidentals
Common Time (C)
Hemiola
Beat
Ionian Mode
26. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Alto
Stem
Tie
Note Head
27. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Ledger Lines
Locrian Mode
Dissonant
Pure Minor Scale
28. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Rhythm
Alto
Chromatic Scale
29. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Relative Minor
Double Bar Line
Mixolydian Mode
30. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Final Bar Line
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Double Flat (bb)
31. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Alto
Hemiola
Half Step
32. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Simple Meter
Baritone
Soprano
33. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Scalar Variance
Ionian Mode
Tetrachord
34. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Tonic
Subdominat
Soprano
Alto
35. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Dot
Mediant
Major Scale
Scalar Variance
36. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Melodic Minor Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Rhythm
Scale
37. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Locrian Mode
Key Signature
Subdivision
Hemiola
38. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Stem
Relative Minor
Tonic
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
39. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Asymmetrical Meter
Lydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Rhythm
40. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Tonic
Minor Pentachord
Whole Step
Half Step
41. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Subdivision
Subdominat
Tetrachord
Anacrusis
42. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Soprano
System
Sharp (#)
Syncopation
43. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Pure Minor Scale
Enharmonic Equivalent
Duration
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
44. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Major Scale
Blues Scale
Minor Pentachord
Subtonic
45. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Relative Minor
Scale Degree
Leading Tone
Tetrachord
46. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Tonic
Common Time (C)
Final Bar Line
Minor Pentachord
47. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Flat (b)
Chromatic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Mediant
48. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Natural Minor Scale
Bar Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Whole Tone Scale
49. The speed of a beat
Harmonic Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Duration
Tempo
50. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Simple Meter
Note Head
Cautionary Accidental
Asymmetrical Meter