Synopses & Reviews
This brand-new addition to Barron's series of Advanced Placement test prep manuals presents a comprehensive review of music theory, followed by two full-length practice tests with all questions answered and explained. These practice tests include both aural and non-aural sections. The four audio CDs enclosed with the manual provide aural skill development prompts for both practice tests' aural sections, as well as material that complements exercises and examples in the subject review chapters. Topics covered in the review chapters include music fundamentals, harmonic organization, harmonic progression, melodic composition and dictation, relationship of key centers, harmonic dictation and composition, visual score analysis, contextual listening, strategies for harmonizing and sight-singing, and much more. Multiple-choice questions with strategies for test-taking success appear at the end of many chapters.
Synopsis
(back cover)
Two full-length AP practice exams include both aural and non-aural sections All questions answered and explained Review topics include music fundamentals, harmonic organization, harmonic progression, melodic composition and dictation, relationship of key centers, harmonic dictation and composition, visual score analysis, contextual listening, strategies for harmonizing and sight-singing, and more Four enclosed audio CDs provide aural skill development prompts for both practice tests" aural sections plus material to complement exercises and examples in the subject review chaptersAbout the Author
Nancy Scoggin has been teaching Instrumental music in Joshua, Texas for 27 years and AP Music Theory since 1996. Her degree in music education is from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She became a consultant for the College Board in 2001, was a contributing author of the Vertical Teams Guide for AP Music Theory in 2002, and a presenter at the AP National Conference in 2003.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Overview of the AP Music Theory
Exam
How to Use This Book
1 Music Fundamentals
2 Rhythm, Meter, andMetric Organization
3 Scales, Keys, and Modes
AURAL UNIT 1
Multiple-Choice Questions
for Chapters 1-3
4 Aural Skills Part I:Fundamentals and
Singing
5 Harmonic Organization I:Intervals, Triads, and
Seventh Chords
6 Harmonic Organization II:Chords in Diatonic
Context
7 Harmonic OrganizationIII: Function and
Cadences
AURAL UNIT 2
Multiple-Choice Questions
for Chapters 5-7
8 Harmonic CompositionPart I: Fundamentals
9 Harmonic Progressionand Harmonizing
a Melody
10 Melodic Composition
11 Aural Skills Part II:Melodic Dictation
12 Key Relationships
13 Secondary FunctionHarmony
AURAL UNIT 3
Multiple-Choice Questions
for Chapters 10, 12, 13
14 Harmonic CompositionPart II: The Process
15 Aural Skills Part III:Harmonic Dictation
16 Visual Score AnalysisPart I
17 Score Analysis Part II:Strategies for
Multiple-Choice Part B
18 Strategies forMultiple-Choice Part A
19 Strategies forMelodic Dictation:
FR 1 and FR 2
20 Strategies forHarmonic Dictation:
FR 3 and FR 4
21 Strategies forHarmonizing a Melody:
FR 7
22 Strategies forSight-Singing
PRACTICE TESTS
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 2 539
Appendix A: Additional
Information
Appendix B: Music
for Further Study
Appendix C:
Part-Writing and Melodic
Harmonization Examples
Index