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AP Music Theory

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






2. Unit of space in between bar lines






3. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step






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






5. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






7. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart






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






9. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step






10. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant






11. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






12. The smallest interval between two notes






13. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






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






16. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step






17. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic






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






19. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release






20. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






22. Each step of a scale






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






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






25. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale






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






27. A minor church mode with a raised sixth






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






29. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns






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






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






32. A minor church mode with a flatted second






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






34. A single line of melody






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






36. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps






37. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic






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






39. The distance between one wave and the next






40. The body of a note






41. Indicates the end of a piece of music






42. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor






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






44. The first beat of a measure & it corresponds with the movement of conductor's hand






45. The speed of a beat






46. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic






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






48. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






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






50. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines