Students in AP Music Theory will:
- Notate pitch and rhythm in accordance with standard notation practices
- Read and notate melodies in treble, bass, and movable C clefs
- Write, sing, and play major scales and all three forms of minor scales
- Recognize by ear and by sight all intervals within an octave
- Use the basic rules that govern music composition
- Harmonize a melody with appropriate chords using good voice leading
- Analyze the chords of a musical composition using Roman numerals
- Transpose a composition from one key to another
- Express musical ideas by composing and arranging
- Understand and recognize basic musical forms: ternary, binary, rondo, etc.
- Write simple rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation
- Identify basic form and cadences
- Construct compositions in a four part texture
- Advance understanding of note relationships
- Demonstrate elements of dictation
- Develop sight-singing skills
- Advance 4 part writing techniques
- Prepare for AP exam
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