AP Music Theory Quiz

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AP Music Theory Quiz - Unit 2

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How could you find the relative minor of a major key? *

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You could go down three scale degrees from the tonic of the major

You could go up six scale degrees from the tonic of the major

None of the above

Both A and B

What are the three different types of minor scales? *

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Alto, tenor, bass

Natural, harmonic, melodic

Natural, alto, tenor

Alto, harmonic, melodic

If a piece of music switches from major to minor, what would this be called? *

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Change in mode

Lowering the pitch

Making the pitch higher

None of the above

What is a parallel key? *

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A key that has the same exact notes and key signature

A key that has the same format as the original

A key that shares the same tonic but has a different key signature

A key that shares the same key signature but has a different tonic

What is a chromatic scale? *

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A scale that both ascends and descends by half steps

A scale that both ascends and descends by whole steps

A scale that ascends by whole steps

A scale that descends by half steps

What do the pentatonic scales consist of? *

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Major: 1-2-3-5-6 Minor: 1-b3-4-5-b7

Major: 1-3-4-5-7 Minor: 1-2-3-5-6

Major: 1-2-3-5-6 Minor: 1-3-4-5-7

Major:1-2-3-4-5 Minor:1-2-3-4-5

How do you calculate the interval size? *

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You can simply count the spaces

You can count the staff lines and spaces

You can guess

You can count the lines

What are the different types of interval qualities? *

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Major, minor, higher, lower, mode

Major, diminished, perfect, mode, lower

Semitone, tone, mode, major, minor

Major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished

What is the difference between consonance and dissonance? *

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They aren’t different, consonance and dissonance describes an unstable tone that has a strong need to resolve

Consonance describes a stable tone that doesn't feel the need to resolve, dissonance describes an unstable tone that has a strong need to resolve

Dissonance describes a stable tone that doesn't feel the need to resolve, consonance describes an unstable tone that has a strong need to resolve

They aren’t different, consonance and dissonance describes a stable tone that doesn't feel the need to resolve

How do you invert an interval? *

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When the lower of the two notes in the interval is moved up an octave or vice versa

When you add up the interval numbers

When the intervals are moved however you want to

When the move both intervals by the same distance

What are compound intervals? *

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Intervals that are smaller than an octave

Intervals that consist of a negative number

Intervals that are larger than an octave

Intervals that have all sharps

What is melodic transposition? *

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When you keep the same exact notes for other instruments

When you move the notes by a fixed interval for other instruments

When you play the same exact notes on another instrument

When you play whatever notes you want on another instrument

What is the definition of timbre? *

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The distance between an interval

The speed at which the music is played

The key the music is played in

The quality of the sound

How is the melody of a music piece created? *

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When you play the same rhythm repeatedly

When you play the same pitch and rhythm over and over

When you play the same pitch over and over

When you play a different pitch and rhythm always

What are the two different types of motion in music? *

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Conjunct and disjunct motion

Conjunct and register motion

Contour and range motion

Disjunct and contour motion

What does texture consist of? *

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How many instruments and voices are performing

How loud the music is

How the collective timbres, density, and pitch range are aligned

How the music feels

What are the main types of textures in music? *

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Plainchant, timbre, instruments

Monophony, homophony, polyphony

Monophony, plainchant, timbre

Plainchant, timbre, polyphony

How is syncopation created? *

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When you play a note on a weaker beat of the measure

When you play a note on a strong beat of the measure

When you play two different rhythms

When you play the same rhythm twice

What do hemiolas look like? *

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When there are two groups of three beats

When there are two groups of four beats

When there are three groups of two beats

When there are three groups of three beats

What is an anacrusis and where does it occur? *

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A pickup note that occurs before the start of a phrase

A pickup note that occurs after the phrase ends

A pickup note that happens before a shift in key

A pickup note that happens after a shift in key

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