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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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1. Scale degree 5; the pitch that dominates the tonality; a perfect fifth above the tonic
Neutral Clef
Dominant
Tetrachord
Aeolian Mode
2. Combines treble and bass clef into one staff
Asymmetrical Meter
Scale
Subdivision
Grand Staff
3. Meters that have beat units of unequal length
Rhythm
Mixolydian Mode
Dominant
Asymmetrical Meter
4. A minor church mode with a flatted second
Blues Scale
Phrygian Mode
Staff
Mezzo-Soprano
5. A minor scale containing a minor pentachord followed by a raised sixth and seventh ascending - and the natural minor form descending
System
Melodic Minor Scale
Consonant
Church Mode
6. Vertical lines that divide the staff into measures
Double Bar Line
Consonant
Tonic
Bar Lines
7. An accidental which is placed in parenthesis indication the note has the same accidental in a different octave
Alto
Cautionary Accidental
System
Monophonic
8. The length of time sound of silence occurs
Double Sharp (X)
Simple Meter
Duration
Monophonic
9. A major church mode with a raised fourth
Lydian Mode
Phrygian Mode
Consonant
Double Flat (bb)
10. Indicates the end of a piece of music
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Final Bar Line
Downbeat
Rhythm
11. Refers to the beat being divided into 3 parts
Dorian Mode
Supertonic
Compound Meter
Rhythm
12. The unit of measure for frequency or the rate of vibration
Stem
Timbre (Tone Color)- Waveform
Hertz
Church Mode
13. The higher female voice; clef is on the first line
Soprano
Pentatonic Scale
Duration
Dot
14. A cross rhythm or a metric device where the rhythmic relation of three notes occurs in the time of two
Hemiola
Leading Tone
Syncopation
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
15. Scale degree 7; Leads up to resolution of tonic
Simple Meter
Leading Tone
Tenor
Locrian Mode
16. A scale containing 7 notes with no second or sixth degree
Articulation- Envelope
Dominant
Blues Scale
Baritone
17. A minor church mode with a raised sixth
Dorian Mode
Tie
Scalar Variance
Sharp (#)
18. The first five notes of every form of a minor scale; same as minor except for flatted third
Minor Pentachord
Ledger Lines
Cautionary Accidental
Sharp (#)
19. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised a half step
Consonant
Sharp (#)
Scale Degree
Mezzo-Soprano
20. A music clef which moves depending on the range of the notes; the line going through the center of it is a C
Grand Staff
C Clef
Church Mode
Subtonic
21. Moderately high female voice; clef is on the second line
Raised Submediant
Mezzo-Soprano
Final Bar Line
Rhythm
22. A diminished church mode with a diminished tonic triad - a flatted second & fifth
Compound Meter
Locrian Mode
Minor Pentachord
Dot
23. Scale degree 3; halfway between the tonic & dominant
Mediant
Monophonic
Pitch (Frequency)- Wavelength
Raised Submediant
24. Lines written when the note goes above and below the staff lines
Measures
Duration
Aeolian Mode
Ledger Lines
25. A symbol which means the song has a four four time signature
Common Time (C)
Downbeat
Monophonic
Scale
26. Organization of beats into regular groups of 2 - 3 - or 4 and how the beat is subdivided
Scale Degree
Articulation- Envelope
Meter
Common Time (C)
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
Staff
Church Mode
Tenor
Melodic Minor Scale
28. Another name for a note using the opposite accidental
Enharmonic Equivalent
Stem
Mixolydian Mode
Dorian Mode
29. A symmetrical scale with all pitches spaced a half step apart
Chromatic Scale
Scale Degree
Submediant
Subdivision
30. The speed of a beat
Melodic Minor Scale
Tempo
Grand Staff
Baritone
31. Low male voice; clef is on the fifth line
Mediant
Polyphonic
Baritone
Tetrachord
32. Scale degree 1; the tone on which a scale is built
Tonic
Tempo
Tie
Double Sharp (X)
33. A combination of overtones that clash or are out of tune with each other
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Dissonant
Duration
Rhythm
34. A form of short hand that dispenses with the writing of accidentals for the notes being changed to fit the scale
C Clef
Key Signature
Subdivision
Lydian Mode
35. A combination of overtones that sound pleasant together
Pure Minor Scale
Flag
Double Sharp (X)
Consonant
36. Multiple lines of melody being sung at once
Hertz
Polyphonic
Key Signature
Church Mode
37. A scale containing 8 notes that alternate a whole step & half step apart
Diminished Scale (Octatonic Scale)
Double Flat (bb)
Major Scale
Subtonic
38. Scale degree 6; Halfway between subdominant & tonic
Submediant
Note Head
System
Phrygian Mode
39. Division of the beat into 2 or 3 equal parts
Final Bar Line
Harmonic Minor Scale
Subdivision
Pentatonic Scale
40. Scale degree 7 in the natural minor scale when the 7th is a whole step above the tonic
Final Bar Line
Subtonic
Note Head
Neutral Clef
41. A beat before the first measure or a pick-up beat
Baritone
Major Scale
C Clef
Anacrusis
42. A clef used for pitch-less or rhythm instruments
Harmonic Minor Scale
Leading Tone
Note Head
Neutral Clef
43. A scale with a different pattern of whole & half steps from major or minor
Church Mode
Cut Time (¢)- Alla Breve
Anacrusis
Ionian Mode
44. Low female voice; clef is on the middle line
Whole Tone Scale
Double Sharp (X)
Phrygian Mode
Alto
45. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be raised two half steps
Sharp (#)
Double Sharp (X)
Melodic Minor Scale
Compound Meter
46. Series of duration of sound and silence
C Clef
Rhythm
Aeolian Mode
Scalar Variance
47. Scale degree 4; prefix 'sub' meaning below the dominant
Monophonic
Subdominat
Downbeat
Baritone
48. An ordered collection of pitches in whole and half step patterns
Lydian Mode
Dynamic (Amplitude)- Waveheight
Melodic Minor Scale
Scale
49. An accidental used to indicate that the note is to be lowered a half step
Flat (b)
Meter
Monophonic
Melodic Minor Scale
50. A scale containing 5 notes containing no half steps; C D E G A C
Tonic
Pentatonic Scale
Hemiola
Dot