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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. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Bar Lines
Hertz
Double Sharp (X)
Dorian Mode
2. The smallest interval between two notes
Lydian Mode
Neutral Clef
Half Step
System
3. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Scale Degree
C Clef
Neutral Clef
Subtonic
4. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Hertz
Asymmetrical Meter
Hemiola
Double Flat (bb)
5. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Pentatonic Scale
System
Ionian Mode
6. The distance between one wave and the next
Tonic
Tie
Scale Degree
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
7. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Double Flat (bb)
Hemiola
Church Mode
Common Time (C)
8. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Ionian Mode
Tetrachord
C Clef
9. The body of a note
Hemiola
Rhythm
Note Head
Mixolydian Mode
10. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Anacrusis
Dot
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Enharmonic Equivalent
11. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Staff
Church Mode
Alto
Scale Degree
12. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Tie
Polyphonic
Flag
System
13. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Articulation- Envelope
Melodic Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Chromatic Scale
14. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Key Signature
Double Sharp (X)
Blues Scale
15. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Hemiola
Downbeat
Whole Tone Scale
C Clef
16. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Natural Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Pentatonic Scale
Note Head
17. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Syncopation
Supertonic
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
System
18. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Baritone
Key Signature
Staff
Grand Staff
19. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Tonic
Double Flat (bb)
Hemiola
20. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Consonant
Ledger Lines
Subdivision
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
21. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Pentatonic Scale
Tempo
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
22. Series of duration of sound and silence
Polyphonic
Rhythm
Mixolydian Mode
Subdominat
23. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Asymmetrical Meter
Whole Tone Scale
Minor Pentachord
Dot
24. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Flat (b)
Scale Degree
Mixolydian Mode
Submediant
25. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Lydian Mode
Leading Tone
Dominant
Harmonic Minor Scale
26. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Rhythm
Flag
Neutral Clef
Downbeat
27. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Simple Meter
Baritone
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Neutral Clef
28. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Key Signature
Mediant
Duration
Double Bar Line
29. An interval that consists of two half steps
Whole Step
Dot
Duration
Meter
30. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Common Time (C)
Syncopation
Tie
Beat
31. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Subdominat
Anacrusis
Enharmonic Equivalent
Stem
32. A single line of melody
Alto
Tempo
Phrygian Mode
Monophonic
33. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Duration
Harmonic Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
34. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Dorian Mode
Alto
Anacrusis
Harmonic Minor Scale
35. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Relative Minor
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Key Signature
36. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale
Meter
Natural Minor Scale
Lydian Mode
Relative Minor
37. 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
Staff
Consonant
Dorian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
38. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Subdominat
Tetrachord
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Stem
39. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Measures
Alto
Aeolian Mode
40. Unit of space in between bar lines
Asymmetrical Meter
Measures
Enharmonic Equivalent
Simple Meter
41. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Monophonic
Natural Minor Scale
Scalar Variance
Mediant
42. The speed of a beat
Hemiola
Flat (b)
Mixolydian Mode
Tempo
43. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Consonant
Alto
Double Sharp (X)
Tetrachord
44. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Subtonic
Whole Tone Scale
Dorian Mode
Tetrachord
45. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Dissonant
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dominant
Common Time (C)
46. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Meter
Tonic
Cautionary Accidental
Lydian Mode
47. A recurring pulsation that divides music into units of time
Beat
Scale Degree
Hemiola
Polyphonic
48. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Mediant
Hemiola
Melodic Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
49. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Measures
Whole Tone Scale
Syncopation
Supertonic
50. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Hemiola
Tempo
Raised Submediant