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AP Music Theory

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1. A scale with a WWHWWWH step pattern containing two tetrachords






2. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature






3. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






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






5. A tail drawn on the top of a stem for all notes shorter in value than a quarter note






6. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts






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






8. A major church mode with a raised fourth






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






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






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






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






13. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace






14. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts






15. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental






16. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line






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






18. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






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






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






22. Series of duration of sound and silence






23. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






24. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note






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






26. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line






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






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






29. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments






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






31. A minor church mode with a flatted second






32. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






33. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






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






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






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






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






38. Rhythmic displacements of the expected strong beats created by dots - rests - ties - accent marks - & dynamics






39. The use of all three minor forms within a composition






40. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures






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






42. A major church mode with no accidentals






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






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






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






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






47. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line






48. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature






49. A minor scale containing the same pattern as the pure minor scale






50. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending