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AP Music Theory

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1. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised seventh






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






3. A major church mode with a flatted seventh






4. 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






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






6. A single line of melody






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






8. The body of a note






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






10. Consists of two whole steps and a half step






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






12. Meters that have beat units of unequal length






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






14. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic






15. The distance between one wave and the next






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






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






18. The smallest interval between two notes






19. Refers to the shape and form of the sound wave as it moves in distance & frequency






20. Scale degree 2; prefix 'super' meaning above the tonic






21. A major church mode with no accidentals






22. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart






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






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






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






26. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts






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






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






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






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






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






32. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once






33. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided






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






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






36. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff






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






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






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






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






41. Unit of space in between bar lines






42. Each step of a scale






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The length of time sound of silence occurs