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AP Music Theory Vocab Terms for Exam Flashcards

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1
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Cautionary accidental

A

An accidental placed between parantheses even though the same note with the same accidental is used in the same measure

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Timbre

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Unique sound or tone of a musical note

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Alla Breve

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Cut time (2/2)

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Anacrusis

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Pick up note of a melody. The last measure has 3 beats to balance with the 1 beat at the beginning, which is the anacrusis.

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Hemiola

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Rhythmically alters or regroups the music so that it presents 2 bars of triple meter as 3 bars of duple meter

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Syncopation

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Accenting beats that are usually not stressed (like the 2nd and 4th beats)

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Church Modes

Ionian Mode

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Major scale

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Dorian Mode

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Natural Minor with raised 6th (scale degree)

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Phrygian Mode

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Natural Minor with lowered 2nd

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Lydian Mode

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Major with raised 4th

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Mixolydian

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Major with lowered 7th

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Aeolian

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Natural Minor

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Locrian

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Natural Minor with lowered 2nd and 5th

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I Don’t Play Loud Music At Lunch

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Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian

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15
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Scalar Variance

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Use of all 3 forms of minor in the same piece

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Enharmonic Intervals

A

Sound the same but spelled differently

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  1. Simple Intervals
  2. Compound Intervals
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  1. Octave or Smaller
  2. Larger than Octave
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  1. Consonant Intervals
  2. Dissonant Intervals
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  1. Stable: P1, P5, P8, M3, m3, M6, m6
  2. Unstable: M2, m2, M7, m7
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Phrygian Half Cadence (PHC)

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A kind of half cadence occuring in harmonic minor. iv^6 - V (Le-So)

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  1. Conjunct Motion
  2. Disjunct
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  1. Stepwise
  2. Skipwise
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Motivic transformation

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Changing or transforming original motive

22
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Andante

A

Moderately slow tempo

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Presto

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Very fast (faster than allegro & vivace)

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Marcato

A

Playing notes louder

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Tenuto

A

Hold or sustain a note

26
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Dynamics of Music

Pianississimo
Pianissimo
Piano
Mezzo Piano
Mezzo Forte
Forte
Fortissimo
Fortississimo

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Very, very Soft
Very Soft
Soft
Kinda soft
Kinda loud
Loud
Very Loud
Very, very loud

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Vivace

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Lively and fast (faster than just allegro, a bit slower than presto)

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Subito forte/piano

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Suddenly loud/soft

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Tremolo

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Quivering or Trembling

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Sempre (legato, allegro, tenuto)

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Always (connected, fast, sustaining)

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Adagio

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Played slowly

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Ritardando

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Gradual decrease in speed

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Diminution

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When the rhythm gradually condenses (Ex: half notes to quarter notes)

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Alberti vs. Walking Bass

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Alberti: Broken chords on left hand (bottom, top, middle, top)
Walking: Notes move on every beat (jazz)

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Canon

A

Richly layered and harmonious texture

36
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Imitative vs. Non-Imitative Polyphony

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If lines are similar, imitative; but if lines are completely unrelated; non-imitative

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Basso Continuo

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Bass line group

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Intimative Counterpoint

A

Same melodic idea throughout multiple parts w/o variation

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Terraced Dynamics

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Sudden change in dynamics without crescendo or diminuendo

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Sequences

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Repeating melodic passage or similar at a higher or lower pitch

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Picardy third

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Major chord played at the end of a piece with a minor key

42
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Syllabic and Melismatic

A

Syllabic: Relating to syllables
Melismatic: A phrase or composition where you hold a word or words with different pitches flowing until the end.

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Grave

A

Slow, slower than andante

44
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Retrograde

A

Playing a musical piece backwards

45
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Voice exchange

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Between two chords with a passing chord in between, the notes of the bass and soprano exchange so that the bass and soprano of the first chord are switched as the soprano and base of the last chord.

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Cross rhythm, relation

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When two notes or sounds are played in a chromatic alteration to make it sound dissonant, two conflicting rhythms being played together

47
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Phrygian Half Cadence

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Only in minor, when iv6 (first inversion four chord) goes to a major five chord (V) with a sharp on 7th scale degree.

48
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Rhythmic Augmentation

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Doubling note values. Ex: eighth changes to quarter note, quarter to half. The opposite of rhythmic augmentation is called diminution

49
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Elision

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When two phrases overlap with the overlapping material as a PAC. The first phrase will end in a PAC. After the PAC, another phrase continues off of that.

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