AP Music Theory Exam Review

Question 1

What is the submediant in the key of D Major?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

What is the leading tone of F# minor?

Accepted Answer

E#

Question 3

Which is the softest dynamic listed?

Accepted Answer

Piano

Question 4

Which is NOT a potential error in partwriting?

Accepted Answer

Spacing between bass & tenor

Question 5

What is the V/IV in the key of Bb?

Accepted Answer

Bb

Question 6

Which is a typical Rondo form?

Accepted Answer

ABACAB'A

Question 7

Which musical texture was an innovation of the Renaissance style?

Accepted Answer

Polyphony

Question 8

What is the leading tone of G minor?

Accepted Answer

F#

Question 9

What Major key has a signature of 3 sharps?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 10

Name the mode: E F# G# A# B C# D# E

Accepted Answer

Lydian

Question 11

What is the subtonic of Ab minor?

Accepted Answer

Gb

Question 12

Select the composer who was active the earliest in music history.

Accepted Answer

Vivaldi

Question 13

What type of 7th chord is built off of the 5th degree of a minor scale?

Accepted Answer

Mm7

Question 14

In both Major and minor keys, 7th chords based on the 5th are ALWAYS _____________.

Accepted Answer

Dominant

Question 15

What is the root of the V/ii in the key of D?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 16

Which one of these progressions is a Phrygian half cadence?

Accepted Answer

iv6-V

Question 17

Which tritone exists in the key of C# minor?

Accepted Answer

F#-B#

Question 18

What is the root of the V/ii in the key of C?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 19

A vocal melody sung on a single syllable is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

Melisma

Question 20

Which is NOT a potential part-writing error?

Accepted Answer

Parallel 4ths

Question 21

Which is the fastest tempo marking listed?

Accepted Answer

Vivace

Question 22

Select the youngest musical genre listed:

Accepted Answer

Romantic

Question 23

What Major key has a signature of 5 flats?

Accepted Answer

Db

Question 24

How many eighth notes are there in a 6/4 measure?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 25

What are the two tendency tones in the V7/ii in Ab?

Accepted Answer

Eb-A

Question 26

What is the 3rd of the V/VI chord in G# minor?

Accepted Answer

D#

Question 27

What is the Dominant in the key of G?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 28

Which of these composers was a Baroque composer?

Accepted Answer

Telemann

Question 29

What minor key has a signature of four sharps?

Accepted Answer

c#

Question 30

Which is the supertonic in the key of F# Major?

Accepted Answer

G#

Question 31

______ is the term for rapid entrances of melodic voices at the end of a fugue.

Accepted Answer

Stretto

Question 32

What type of 7th chord is built off of the 2nd degree of a minor key?

Accepted Answer

half dim7

Question 33

Name the mode: F G A Bb C D Eb F

Accepted Answer

Mixolydian

Question 34

What is the bass note of an EMm7 chord in 4/3 inversion?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 35

D# and A form the tritone in which Mm7 chord?

Accepted Answer

BMm7

Question 36

In the key of f minor, which chord can NOT be tonicized by a secondary function?

Accepted Answer

go

Question 37

Two distinct phrases sharing an antecedent-consequent relationship are called:

Accepted Answer

Period

Question 38

What Major key has a signature of four flats?

Accepted Answer

Ab

Question 39

Name the mode: G A Bb C D E F G

Accepted Answer

Dorian

Question 40

4-part chorales are examples of which texture?

Accepted Answer

Homophony

Question 41

A song in 9/8 meter has how many beats in each measure?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 42

Which two notes should NOT be written melodically in g minor?

Accepted Answer

Eb-F#

Question 43

Sonata-Allegro features a 2nd theme in its Exposition in the key of the ___________.

Accepted Answer

Dominant

Question 44

Name the mode: C# D E F# G A B C#

Accepted Answer

Locrian

Question 45

What pitch is a minor 6th above Ab?

Accepted Answer

Fb

Question 46

___ is the mediant of the minor key whose dominant is the root of the Maj. scale with 5 sharps.

Accepted Answer

G

Question 47

Sonata-Allegro forms are primarily found in which symphonic movements?

Accepted Answer

1st

Question 48

What is the typical length of a Blues progression?

Accepted Answer

12 measures

Question 49

What minor key has a signature of one flat?

Accepted Answer

d

Question 50

Which of these chord types can NOT be tonicized by a secondary function?

Accepted Answer

viio

AP Music Theory Exam Review

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AP Music Theory Exam Review

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