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AP Music Theory
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performing-arts
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ap
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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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1. Two lines that signal the end of a section of music
Scale Degree
Double Bar Line
Beat
Dot
2. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Scale Degree
Dorian Mode
Anacrusis
Asymmetrical Meter
3. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Hemiola
Duration
Anacrusis
Blues Scale
4. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Locrian Mode
Hemiola
Hertz
Scale Degree
5. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Rhythm
Chromatic Scale
Alto
6. Series of duration of sound and silence
Rhythm
Dot
Simple Meter
Aeolian Mode
7. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Mediant
Locrian Mode
Tonic
Subdominat
8. Consists of two whole steps and a half step
Subdivision
Major Scale
Tetrachord
System
9. A stick drawn on all notes that are shorter in value than a whole note
Stem
Baritone
Subdivision
Scale Degree
10. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Grand Staff
Chromatic Scale
Hemiola
11. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Submediant
Hemiola
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Final Bar Line
12. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Phrygian Mode
Final Bar Line
Locrian Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
13. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Soprano
Ledger Lines
Church Mode
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
14. A minor church mode following the natural minor scale
Aeolian Mode
Lydian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Raised Submediant
15. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Ledger Lines
Scalar Variance
Lydian Mode
Simple Meter
16. An artificial scale containing 6 notes that are all a whole step apart
Compound Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Church Mode
17. Multiple staves connected by bar lines - a bracket - or a brace
Subdominat
Downbeat
C Clef
System
18. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Ledger Lines
Articulation- Envelope
Tie
Subtonic
19. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh
Chromatic Scale
Tempo
Subtonic
Harmonic Minor Scale
20. Consists of 3 elements: attack - sustain - and release
Syncopation
Lydian Mode
Articulation- Envelope
System
21. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Consonant
Neutral Clef
System
Supertonic
22. A major church mode with no accidentals
Flag
Ledger Lines
System
Ionian Mode
23. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Alto
Harmonic Minor Scale
Soprano
Baritone
24. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Scale
Hertz
Phrygian Mode
Anacrusis
25. A symbol that extends the value of a note by half the original value
Tempo
Alto
Tonic
Dot
26. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Minor Pentachord
Common Time (C)
Double Bar Line
Harmonic Minor Scale
27. An interval that consists of two half steps
Note Head
Compound Meter
Whole Step
Flag
28. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Dominant
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Relative Minor
Mixolydian Mode
29. A single line of melody
Monophonic
Tempo
Staff
Relative Minor
30. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Tempo
Scale
Bar Lines
31. Refers to the beat being divided equally into 2 parts
Relative Minor
Simple Meter
Supertonic
Duration
32. Each step of a scale
Scale Degree
Beat
Downbeat
Ledger Lines
33. High male voice; clef is on the fourth line
Meter
Scale
Tonic
Tenor
34. A symbol used to extend the value of a note by connecting it to another note
Relative Minor
Natural Minor Scale
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Tie
35. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Final Bar Line
Flag
Compound Meter
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
36. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Double Sharp (X)
Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano
Scale Degree
37. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Dorian Mode
Blues Scale
Syncopation
Asymmetrical Meter
38. The maximum extent of a vibration measured from the position of equilibrium
Measures
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Subdominat
Downbeat
39. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Tenor
Syncopation
Blues Scale
40. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Half Step
Double Sharp (X)
Melodic Minor Scale
Asymmetrical Meter
41. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Flat (b)
Consonant
Dot
Sharp (#)
42. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Meter
Harmonic Minor Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Sharp (#)
43. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Simple Meter
Hemiola
Meter
44. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Alto
Melodic Minor Scale
Aeolian Mode
Subdominat
45. The distance between one wave and the next
Subdivision
Hemiola
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Grand Staff
46. A symbol which means the song has a two two time signature
Anacrusis
Double Bar Line
Rhythm
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
47. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Bar Lines
Raised Submediant
Double Flat (bb)
Harmonic Minor Scale
48. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Subdominat
Minor Pentachord
Double Sharp (X)
Tonic
49. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Double Sharp (X)
Flag
Flat (b)
Syncopation
50. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Neutral Clef
Syncopation
Hertz
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight