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AP Music Theory
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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 tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note
C Clef
Polyphonic
Soprano
Flag
2. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Cautionary Accidental
Aeolian Mode
Relative Minor
Ledger Lines
3. A scale with a WHWWHWW step pattern and three different derivatives: Natural - Harmonic - & Melodic
Subdivision
Mediant
Downbeat
Pure Minor Scale
4. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Common Time (C)
Final Bar Line
Scalar Variance
Mediant
5. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
System
Half Step
Meter
Consonant
6. Major and minor scales that have the same pitches & key signature
Relative Minor
Consonant
Submediant
Lydian Mode
7. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Supertonic
Hemiola
Meter
8. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Mixolydian Mode
Anacrusis
Grand Staff
Whole Step
9. A major church mode with no accidentals
Polyphonic
Church Mode
Note Head
Ionian Mode
10. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Double Sharp (X)
Tenor
Mediant
Pure Minor Scale
11. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Ionian Mode
Syncopation
Pure Minor Scale
12. The use of all three minor forms within a composition
Downbeat
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Scalar Variance
Ionian Mode
13. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Double Bar Line
Submediant
Stem
Scalar Variance
14. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Neutral Clef
Subdominat
Note Head
Downbeat
15. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Baritone
Locrian Mode
Hertz
16. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Scale
Whole Step
Natural Minor Scale
System
17. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Dot
System
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Compound Meter
18. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Natural Minor Scale
Hemiola
Neutral Clef
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered two half steps
Locrian Mode
Double Flat (bb)
Sharp (#)
Minor Pentachord
20. Unit of space in between bar lines
Bar Lines
Minor Pentachord
Measures
Cautionary Accidental
21. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Note Head
Neutral Clef
Articulation- Envelope
Grand Staff
22. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Pentatonic Scale
Raised Submediant
Dissonant
Tempo
23. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Harmonic Minor Scale
Ledger Lines
Aeolian Mode
Compound Meter
24. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Mezzo-Soprano
Whole Tone Scale
Alto
Dissonant
25. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Enharmonic Equivalent
Consonant
Scalar Variance
Dissonant
26. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics
Syncopation
Tempo
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Pentatonic Scale
27. 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
Tempo
Scale
Staff
Melodic Minor Scale
28. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Sharp (#)
Chromatic Scale
Cautionary Accidental
Leading Tone
29. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Tetrachord
Downbeat
Lydian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
30. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Locrian Mode
Hertz
Tetrachord
Dissonant
31. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Tie
Ledger Lines
Measures
Tonic
32. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Relative Minor
Mezzo-Soprano
Dorian Mode
System
33. Series of duration of sound and silence
Chromatic Scale
Melodic Minor Scale
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Rhythm
34. A major church mode with a flatted seventh
Ionian Mode
Tempo
Mixolydian Mode
Meter
35. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Dorian Mode
Measures
Phrygian Mode
Scale Degree
36. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Minor Pentachord
Supertonic
Syncopation
37. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Subdominat
Asymmetrical Meter
Scale Degree
Anacrusis
38. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic
Double Flat (bb)
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Supertonic
Tonic
39. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Blues Scale
Leading Tone
Key Signature
Alto
40. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Downbeat
Blues Scale
Staff
Chromatic Scale
41. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Half Step
Mezzo-Soprano
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Whole Tone Scale
42. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Downbeat
Scale
Ionian Mode
43. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Mediant
Phrygian Mode
Ledger Lines
Aeolian Mode
44. The speed of a beat
Cautionary Accidental
Tempo
Whole Tone Scale
Baritone
45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Double Bar Line
Tenor
Scalar Variance
46. The distance between one wave and the next
Note Head
Church Mode
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Dissonant
47. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Downbeat
Dominant
Dorian Mode
Flag
48. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Tonic
Beat
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
49. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
Sharp (#)
Hemiola
Enharmonic Equivalent
Melodic Minor Scale
50. Scale degree 6 in a melodic minor scale when the 6th is raised a half step
Raised Submediant
Flag
Soprano
Pentatonic Scale