AP Music Theory Review Questions and Answers Graded A+
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AP Music Theory
AP Music Theory Review Questions and
Answers Graded A+
In jazz, what is the name of the chord progression typically used in the blues?
12-bar blues
What musical effect is achieved by sliding up or down between two notes?
Glissando
What does it mean when music is described as "atonal...
AP Music Theory Review Questions and
Answers Graded A+
In jazz, what is the name of the chord progression typically used in the blues?
✔✔ 12-bar blues
What musical effect is achieved by sliding up or down between two notes?
✔✔ Glissando
What does it mean when music is described as "atonal"?
✔✔ It lacks a specific key center
When musicians are instructed to play softly, which dynamic marking is used?
✔✔ Piano (p)
What is the technique of quickly striking the same note repeatedly called?
✔✔ Tremolo
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,In a sonata, what is the section called where the main themes are developed and varied?
✔✔ Development
What is the tempo marking that indicates a piece should be played at a "walking" pace?
✔✔ Andante
What is the name of the chord progression that resolves tension, usually moving from V to I?
✔✔ Authentic cadence
What is the musical term for when two melodies are played together and create harmony?
✔✔ Counterpoint
How would you describe the sound created by playing two notes a half step apart
simultaneously?
✔✔ Dissonance
Which mode sounds "darker" and is often used in rock music, starting on the sixth scale degree
of a major scale?
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,✔✔ Aeolian
What do we call a rhythmic pattern that emphasizes the weaker beats in a measure?
✔✔ Syncopation
What is it called when a composer shifts a piece of music from one key to another?
✔✔ Modulation
If a piece is written in 7/8 time, how many beats are in each measure?
✔✔ Seven
What musical symbol tells you to return to the beginning of the piece and repeat?
✔✔ Da Capo (D.C.)
What do we call a chord that includes the root, the major third, the perfect fifth, and a minor
seventh?
✔✔ Dominant seventh chord
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, In a minor scale, which note is raised to create a harmonic minor scale?
✔✔ The seventh note
How would you label a cadence that ends on the IV chord instead of the tonic?
✔✔ Plagal cadence
What is it called when a performer spontaneously creates music within a set structure?
✔✔ Improvisation
If a note is played with more force and emphasis, what is this called?
✔✔ Accented note
What technique involves rapidly alternating between two notes that are a step apart?
✔✔ Trill
What is the musical term for gradually slowing down the tempo towards the end of a piece?
✔✔ Rallentando
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