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AP Music Theory
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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. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Syncopation
Grand Staff
Pentatonic Scale
2. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand
Downbeat
Common Time (C)
Scalar Variance
Staff
3. Unit of space in between bar lines
Measures
Relative Minor
Flag
Compound Meter
4. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Submediant
Relative Minor
Raised Submediant
5. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Enharmonic Equivalent
Ledger Lines
Final Bar Line
6. Each step of a scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Duration
Scale Degree
Cautionary Accidental
7. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Scale Degree
Tetrachord
Mixolydian Mode
Beat
8. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Scale
Bar Lines
Sharp (#)
9. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Tonic
Final Bar Line
System
10. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Grand Staff
Tenor
Note Head
Mixolydian Mode
11. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Scale Degree
Church Mode
Articulation- Envelope
Leading Tone
12. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Scalar Variance
Dissonant
Neutral Clef
Downbeat
13. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Submediant
Raised Submediant
Mixolydian Mode
Locrian Mode
14. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Meter
Leading Tone
Key Signature
Mezzo-Soprano
15. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Beat
Major Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Articulation- Envelope
16. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords
Scale
Major Scale
Leading Tone
Enharmonic Equivalent
17. A major church mode with no accidentals
Scale Degree
Soprano
Ionian Mode
Sharp (#)
18. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Anacrusis
Dominant
C Clef
Alto
19. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Double Flat (bb)
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Flag
Chromatic Scale
20. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Dominant
Articulation- Envelope
Pentatonic Scale
21. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Whole Tone Scale
Meter
Dorian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
22. 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
Dorian Mode
Staff
Baritone
Pentatonic Scale
23. The smallest interval between two notes
Double Bar Line
Half Step
Asymmetrical Meter
Locrian Mode
24. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Locrian Mode
Melodic Minor Scale
Dissonant
25. The distance between one wave and the next
Half Step
Phrygian Mode
Subdivision
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
26. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Articulation- Envelope
Leading Tone
Polyphonic
Blues Scale
27. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Sharp (#)
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Mezzo-Soprano
28. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Anacrusis
Lydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
29. Series of duration of sound and silence
Tenor
Relative Minor
Rhythm
Double Bar Line
30. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Neutral Clef
Enharmonic Equivalent
Chromatic Scale
Church Mode
31. The body of a note
Chromatic Scale
Meter
Tempo
Note Head
32. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Neutral Clef
Mixolydian Mode
Compound Meter
Tie
33. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Downbeat
Compound Meter
Dissonant
Asymmetrical Meter
34. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
Key Signature
Double Sharp (X)
Pure Minor Scale
Dot
35. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Subdominat
Pure Minor Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Duration
36. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Pentatonic Scale
Mezzo-Soprano
Leading Tone
Pure Minor Scale
37. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Articulation- Envelope
Dissonant
Subdivision
Dominant
38. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Meter
Ionian Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
39. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Cautionary Accidental
Dorian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Raised Submediant
40. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Pure Minor Scale
Chromatic Scale
Common Time (C)
41. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Sharp (#)
Tie
Syncopation
Whole Tone Scale
42. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Beat
Monophonic
Melodic Minor Scale
Neutral Clef
43. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Subdivision
Staff
Neutral Clef
Mixolydian Mode
44. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Raised Submediant
Leading Tone
Flat (b)
Final Bar Line
45. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Flag
Sharp (#)
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Meter
46. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Dorian Mode
System
Grand Staff
Ionian Mode
47. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Blues Scale
Common Time (C)
Cautionary Accidental
Tonic
48. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Common Time (C)
Flat (b)
Dissonant
Mediant
49. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Articulation- Envelope
Ionian Mode
Neutral Clef
50. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Baritone
Tetrachord
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Flat (b)