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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. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Aeolian Mode
Flag
Alto
Tenor
2. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Meter
Chromatic Scale
Whole Tone Scale
3. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Scale
Consonant
Supertonic
Simple Meter
4. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Duration
Mixolydian Mode
Mediant
Meter
5. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Note Head
Scale
Subdivision
6. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Anacrusis
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Consonant
Tenor
7. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Whole Tone Scale
Monophonic
Scale Degree
Tetrachord
8. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Dot
Downbeat
Tenor
9. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Grand Staff
Pure Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Tie
10. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Note Head
Scale Degree
Phrygian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
11. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Half Step
Compound Meter
Submediant
Whole Step
12. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Subtonic
Common Time (C)
System
Enharmonic Equivalent
13. Series of duration of sound and silence
Dorian Mode
Rhythm
Measures
Double Sharp (X)
14. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Syncopation
Soprano
Neutral Clef
Grand Staff
15. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Tetrachord
Alto
Mediant
Meter
16. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Downbeat
Mixolydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Baritone
17. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Double Sharp (X)
Duration
Downbeat
Locrian Mode
18. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Scale Degree
Locrian Mode
Lydian Mode
Bar Lines
19. A major church mode with no accidentals
Raised Submediant
Ionian Mode
Meter
Downbeat
20. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Double Bar Line
Mediant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
21. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Staff
Flat (b)
Duration
Dot
22. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Pentatonic Scale
Tenor
Common Time (C)
23. A single line of melody
Submediant
Ledger Lines
Monophonic
Whole Tone Scale
24. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Anacrusis
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Whole Tone Scale
Half Step
25. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Leading Tone
26. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
C Clef
Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
Aeolian Mode
27. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Syncopation
Mixolydian Mode
Tetrachord
28. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Aeolian Mode
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Double Bar Line
Mediant
29. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Minor Pentachord
Double Bar Line
Articulation- Envelope
C Clef
30. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Grand Staff
Tonic
Hemiola
Tie
31. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Enharmonic Equivalent
Subdominat
Submediant
Neutral Clef
32. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Tetrachord
Whole Tone Scale
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dissonant
33. The smallest interval between two notes
Bar Lines
Sharp (#)
Articulation- Envelope
Half Step
34. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Final Bar Line
Leading Tone
Articulation- Envelope
Chromatic Scale
35. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Whole Tone Scale
Downbeat
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Minor Pentachord
36. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Dot
Monophonic
Bar Lines
Dissonant
37. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Enharmonic Equivalent
Consonant
Subdivision
Key Signature
38. 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
Cautionary Accidental
Staff
Minor Pentachord
Whole Step
39. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Blues Scale
Hertz
Submediant
Beat
40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Dot
Polyphonic
Double Sharp (X)
Tie
41. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Double Sharp (X)
Dominant
Beat
Bar Lines
42. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Raised Submediant
Scale
Syncopation
Simple Meter
43. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Lydian Mode
Flat (b)
Double Flat (bb)
Dorian Mode
44. The speed of a beat
Raised Submediant
Tempo
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Subdivision
45. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Beat
Baritone
Leading Tone
Phrygian Mode
46. Each step of a scale
Compound Meter
Rhythm
Scale Degree
Duration
47. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Flat (b)
Chromatic Scale
Supertonic
Leading Tone
48. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Dissonant
Subtonic
Anacrusis
Beat
49. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Pure Minor Scale
Whole Step
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Relative Minor
50. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Ledger Lines
Staff