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AP Music Theory Review Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

V7-I

a)

Authentic Cadence

b)

Plagal Cadence

c)

Half Cadence

d)

Phrygian Half Cadence

2.

ii-V

a)

Authentic Cadence

b)

Plagal Cadence

c)

Half Cadence

d)

Phrygian Half Cadence

3.

iv6-V

a)

Authentic Cadence

b)

Plagal Cadence

c)

Half Cadence

d)

Phrygian Half Cadence

4.

IV-V

a)

Authentic Cadence

b)

Plagal Cadence

c)

Half Cadence

d)

Phrygian Half Cadence

5.

IV-I

a)

Deceptive Cadence

b)

Plagal Cadence

c)

Authentic Cadence

d)

Half Cadence

6.

V-vi

a)

Half Cadence

b)

Phrygian Half Cadence

c)

Authentic Cadence

d)

Deceptive Cadence

7.

What is a dissonance?

a)

A diatonic chord

b)

A chord which contains notes that do not belong to the chord

c)

When the notes sound good together

8.

A perfect cadence is the movement between which two chords?

a)

V-I

b)

I-V

c)

V-vi

9.
What does the ° symbol mean in the degrees of a scale?
a)
Minor chord
b)
Major chord
c)
Diminished chord
d)
Augmented chord
10.
If a piece of music is in the key of C - what degree of the scale would the note G be?
a)
Dominant
b)
Tonic
c)
Subdominant
d)
Mediant
e)
Leading note
11.
If a piece of music is in the key of G - what degree of the scale would the note F# be?
a)
Dominant
b)
Tonic
c)
Subdominant
d)
Mediant
e)
Leading note
12.

What is a cadence in music?

a)

A rhythmic pattern that repeats throughout a song

b)

A melodic or harmonic phrase that creates a sense of resolution of a musical phrase

c)

A specific type of musical scale

d)

A technique used to increase the volume of a piece

13.

What is the primary purpose of non harmonic tones in music?

a)

To create a dissonant sound

b)

To embellish a melody

c)

To establish a rhythm

d)

To define the key signature

14.

Diminished and Augmented intervals are generally considered to be:

a)

Consonant

b)

Harmonic

c)

Dissonant

d)

Melodic

15.

What is a Passing Tone?

a)

Step up then back down

b)

the middle note in a 3 note sequence that is either stepping up or down between two chord tones

c)

Note is held then resolves up

d)

Common Tone, Held Tone, note resolves down

16.

Which type of non-harmonic tone steps down and then back up?

a)

Neighbor Tone

b)

Escape Tone

c)

Appoggiatura

d)

Anticipation

17.

What characterizes an Escape Tone?

a)

Step up then skip down

b)

Skip then step

c)

Note steps up/down early then repeats

d)

Note is held then resolves up

18.

How does an Appoggiatura typically move?

a)

Skip then step

b)

Step up then back down

c)

Common Tone, Held Tone, note resolves down

d)

Note steps up/down early then repeats

19.

An anticipation

a)

Approached by skip then remains the same

b)

The pick up note to a measure

c)

Approached by step then changes

d)

Approached by step then remains the same

20.

After reading the notes, what triad(s) are built in this measure?

a)

CEG

b)

FAC

c)

GBD

d)

ACE

21.

Who's the imposter, aka the note that doesn't belong?

a)

C

b)

F

c)

B

d)

D

22.

What type of passing tone is that non-chord tone?

a)

Escape Tone

b)

Passing Tone

c)

Appoggiatura

d)

Upper Neighbor Tone

23.

Who's the imposter, aka the note that doesn't belong?

a)

D

b)

B

c)

A

d)

G

24.

Who's the imposter, aka the note that doesn't belong?

a)

C

b)

F#

c)

B-flat

d)

E

25.

Which type of NCT is approached by step and stays the same, is basically a note of the second chord played early.

a)

Pedal Point

b)

Neighboring Tone

c)

Accented Passing Tone

d)

Anticipation

26.

Identify this NCT

a)

Neighbor

b)

Accented Passing

c)

Anticipation

d)

Escape

27.

Identify this NCT

a)

Appoggiatura

b)

Accented Passing

c)

Anticipation

d)

Escape

28.
What does the term simple mean?
a)
That something is not complicated
b)
That each of the beats can be broken down into 2 notes
c)
That each of the beats can be broken into 3 notes
d)
That each of the beats cannot be broken down
29.
What is the whole- (W) and half- (H) step pattern for a major scale?
a)
W-W-W-H-W-W-W
b)
W-W-H-W-W-W-H
c)
H-H-W-H-W-W-H
d)
W-H-W-W-H-W-W
30.
Given that the key is C major, what are the correct scale degrees for this melody? Irving Berlin, “Always,” mm. 33–36
a)
^1 ^2 ^4 ^5    |     ^6     |   ^1 ^6
b)
^1 ^2 ^3 ^5   |     ^6      |   ^1 ^6
c)
^5 ^6 ^1 ^2   |     ^3      |    ^5 ^3
d)
^5 ^6 ^1 ^2   |    ^3       |    ^4 ^3

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