AP Music Theory UNIT 2 Practice Test 2024

Last Updated on May 23, 2024

AP Music Theory UNIT 2 Practice Test 2024: Try The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture exam review questions and answers online.

SCALES Scales are an ordered collection of pitches in whole- and half-step patterns. The word scale comes from the Latin scalae, meaning “stairs” or “ladder.”

The Chromatic Scale The chromatic scale is symmetrical, with all pitches spaced a half step apart. It is written using sharps for the ascending scale and enhanced equivalent flats for the descending scale.

AP Music Theory UNIT 2 Practice Test 2024

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AP Music Theory Practice Test -Unit 2

AP Music Theory Practice Test -Unit 2
Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture
Total MCQs: 15
Time Limit: 20 Minutes

1 / 15

Which of the following pitches is NOT diatonic in B Major?

2 / 15

Which of the following is a Mixolydian scale?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

3 / 15

The anacrusis and downbeat are what scale degrees?

5-1

1-4

1-1

i-5

4 / 15

This example features all of the following EXCEPT

an anacrusis

scalar variance

a passage in A melodic minor

hemiola

5 / 15

The meter of this selection by Bach is:

compound duple

simple duple

simple triple

compound triple

6 / 15

Noting the change of time signature at the end, the meter of this passage changes from

simple triple to simple quadruple

compound triple to simple duple

simple triple to compound triple

simple triple to simple duple

7 / 15

This excerpt features all of the following EXCEPT

a form of syncopation called hemiola

an anacrusis

alto clef

note values lengthened by the use of dots and ties

8 / 15

This excerpt is in what key?

D minor

G minor

Bb Major

C Major

9 / 15

The relative key of A Major is

A minor

F minor

F# minor

C Major

10 / 15

f A# is the raised submediant in minor, what would be the key signature of the relative major key?

seven sharps

four sharps

two sharps

No sharps or flats

11 / 15

Another name for cut time is:

common time

2/4

alia breve

4/4

12 / 15

The notes D#, A, and B are all contained in which of the following pairs of scales?

E Major and C# harmonic minor

B Major and D melodic minor

D Major and B harmonic minor

E Major and E harmonic minor

13 / 15

All of the following are true about the meter of this selection EXCEPT the

meter represents the subdivision of the bear

meter is compound triple

duration that receives one beat is the sixteenth note

duration that receives one beat is the dotted eighth note

14 / 15

The bass line in measure 5 is all of the following EXCEPT

an imitation of the first phrase that was played by the right hand

syncopated

it includes a leading tone

an octave lower than the melody in measure 1

15 / 15

Which scale is used in this excerpt?

F Major

A harmonic minor

D harmonic minor

D melodic minor

Your score is

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