AP Music Theory: with Downloadable Audio Files - Softcover

Scoggin B.M.E., Nancy Fuller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438076770 ISBN 13: 9781438076775

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series, 2018

Synopsis

In-depth preparation for the AP Music Theory exam features:

• Two full-length practice tests (including aural and non-aural sections and free-response)
• All questions answered and explained
• Helpful strategies for test-taking success, including all seven free-response questions
• In-depth review chapters covering course content, including music fundamentals, harmonic organization, harmonic progression, melodic composition and dictation, harmonic dictation, visual score analysis, and much more

The downloadable audio provides aural skill development prompts for both practice tests' aural sections, as well as material that complements exercises and examples in the subject review chapters.

About this title

About the Author

Nancy Fuller Scoggin has taught instrumental music and AP Music Theory for 44 years, the last 39 years in Joshua, Texas. She is retired from band directing but continues to teach AP Music Theory at Joshua High School. Ms. Scoggin was born in Utica, New York, raised in Bradenton, Florida, and graduated with her music degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. After teaching in Natchez, Mississippi for six years she moved to Texas to pursue her masters degree at the University of North Texas and began teaching in the small town of Joshua, located just south of the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex area. She began teaching AP Music Theory in 1997 and soon became a consultant for the College Board. She is now a frequent consultant and instructor at AP summer institutes and workshops throughout the United States. She has also enjoyed being an AP Reader and finds the experience a great opportunity to meet with other AP music theory teachers from high schools and colleges around the country and share stories, insights and strategies. She also enjoys volunteering at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, attending local opera and symphony performances, traveling, gardening, and playing with her four-legged family.

From the Inside Flap

Table of Contents:
Barron's Essential 5
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Overview of the AP Music Theory Exam
How to Use This Book
1 Music Fundamentals
2 Rhythm, Meter, and Metric 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 Organization III: Function and Cadences
Aural Unit 2
Multiple-Choice Questions for Chapters 5—7
8 Harmonic Composition Part I: Fundamentals
9 Harmonic Progression and Harmonizing a Melody
10 Melodic Composition
11 Aural Skills Part II: Melodic Dictation
12 Key Relationships
13 Secondary Function Harmony
Aural Unit 3
Multiple-Choice Questions for Chapters 10, 12, 13
14 Harmonic Composition Part II: The Process
15 Aural Skills Part III: Harmonic Dictation
16 Visual Score Analysis Part I
17 Score Analysis Part II: Strategies for Multiple-Choice Part B
18 Strategies for Multiple-Choice Part A
19 Strategies for Melodic Dictation: FR 1 and FR 2
20 Strategies for Harmonic Dictation: FR 3 and FR 4
21 Strategies for Harmonizing a Melody: FR 7
22 Strategies for Sight-Singing
Practice Tests
Practice Test 1
Practice Test 2
Appendix A: Additional Information
Appendix B: Music for Further Study
Appendix C: Part-Writing and Melodic Harmonization Examples
Appendix D: Index of Contextual Listening Aural Examples
Index

Edition details

• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438076770
• ISBN 13: 9781438076775
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 696