Foundational Vocab Review (APMT)

Question 1

What is the name of the 3rd scale degree?

Accepted Answer

Mediant

Question 2

Rhythm is represented on the music staff in which direction?

Accepted Answer

Horizontal

Question 3

Which of the following rhythmic values is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Half Note

Question 4

The submediant is scale degree #_____.

Accepted Answer

^6

Question 5

How do you spell the musical alphabet backward?

Accepted Answer

GFEDCBA

Question 6

To extend the staff we use _________.

Accepted Answer

Ledger Lines

Question 7

What is the name of the fifth scale degree?

Accepted Answer

Dominant

Question 8

One beat in a simple meter is subdivided into ______ part(s).

Accepted Answer

2

Question 9

The music staff line and spaces are counted in which direction?

Accepted Answer

Bottom to top

Question 10

Pitch is represented on the music staff in which direction?

Accepted Answer

Vertical

Question 11

Enharmonic pitches have the same ________.

Accepted Answer

Sound

Question 12

One beat in a compound meter is subdivided into ______ part(s).

Accepted Answer

3

Question 13

The distance in pitch between two notes is called:

Accepted Answer

An interval

Question 14

What's the fancy music theory term for an up beat?

Accepted Answer

Anacrusis

Question 15

What are the scale degrees in a harmonic minor scale?

Accepted Answer

1-2-flat 3-4-5-flat 6-7-1

Question 16

Which clefs make up a grand staff?

Accepted Answer

Treble and Bass

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a type of accidental?

Accepted Answer

Anacrusis

Questions 17