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AP Music Theory Quiz - Unit 6
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What is the clear difference between an escape tone and an appoggiatura?
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An escape tone is approached by leap and left by step and an appoggiatura is approached by step and left by leap.
An escape tone is approached by step and left by leap and an appoggiatura is approached by leap and left by step.
They are not different; they are both approached by leap and left by step.
They are not different; they both are approached by step and left by leap.
What is an anticipation tone?
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A note that comes too early.
A note approached and left by leap.
A note approached and left by step
A note approached by step and left by leap in the opposite direction
Where is the pedal point usually sustained?
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Soprano line
Alto line
Bass line
Tenor line
What is the difference between suspension and retardation?
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No difference, suspension resolves down and retardation resolves down
Suspension resolves up and retardation resolves down.
Suspension resolves down and retardation resolves up
No difference, suspension resolves up and retardation resolves up
Where is a retardation reserved for?
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For the first chord
For the final chord
Before the dominant chord
Before the predominant chord
What are some examples of motivic transformation?
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Augmentations and suspensions
Diminutions and retardation
Augmentations and escape tones
Augmentations and diminutions
What is fragmentation in a musical figure?
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A fragment of a motive that is flipped upside down
A fragment of a motive that is put in reverse
A fragment of a motive that is repeated to make longer
A fragment of a motive that has different voices
What is a tonal sequence?
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The interval quality between notes that change
The interval size between notes that change
The interval quality between notes that are 4 beats apart
The interval size between notes that don't change
What is a real sequence?
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The interval size between notes that change
The interval size between notes that don't change
No change in interval size or quality
No change in interval quality only
What are passing tones?
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Notes approached by step and left by step in the opposite direction
Notes approached by step and left by step in one direction
Notes approached by leap and left by leap
Notes approached by leap and left by step in the opposite direction
What is a melodic motive?
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Repeated pitch patterns
Repeated notes
Repeated change in intervals
Repeated escape tones
When do harmonic sequences occur?
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When a segment of chords is followed by one or more transpositions
When a segment of chords is followed by a repeated segment
When a segment of chords is repeated but also changed at the end
When a segment of chords is repeated but also changed at the beginning
What are the three parts to a suspension in order?
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Preparation, resolution, suspension
Resolution, suspension, preparation
Resolution, preparation, suspension
Preparation, suspension, resolution
Which is the most common type of suspension?
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9-8
4-3
7-6
2-3
Which suspension has a weaker effect?
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2-3
4-3
6-5
7-6
What is a sentence in music?
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A way of building phrases from motifs
A musical thought
A small musical idea
A repeated suspension
What is a group of two phrases called?
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Contrasting scales
Suspensions
Retardations
Periods
What is the difference between a contrasting period and parallel period?
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A contrasting period begins with different ideas and a parallel period begins with similar ideas
A contrasting period begins with similar ideas and a parallel period begins with different ideas
No difference, a contrasting period begins with different ideas and a parallel period begins with different ideas
No difference, a contrasting period begins with similar ideas and a parallel period begins with similar ideas
What is a prefix in a musical figure?
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A repetition of a phrase
An incomplete neighbor tone
An extension at the beginning of a phrase
An extension at the end of a phrase
What is an ellison?
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When the end of a phrase overlaps with the beginning of another
When the beginning of a phrase repeats on another measure
When there is a repetition of a phrase
When there is an extension at the end of a phrase
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