<p>Hello everyone! Most of you guys have probably already picked out next year's courses, so I decided it would be a good time to start an AP Music Theory thread :)</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Nice of you to start the thread :)</p>
<p>Are you going to take AP Music Theory? :D</p>
<p>Yup! Self-studying my freshman year</p>
<p>Same! 
I’m self-studying it because my school doesn’t have it.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t have it either 8-| … sigh</p>
<p>I’m taking it next year! My school offers Music Theory at an honors level (which I took the first semester of this year) so I am re-taking it again next year, then following it with AP Music Theory. Can never have too much Music Theory!</p>
<p>I’m also self-studying and will take it this May :)</p>
<p>@joscarter Cool! Music Theory is fun 
My school has a semester-long regular Music Theory class, but it’s for sophomores and up, only :/</p>
<p>@SATManiac98 Nice! Good luck! What books have you been using to prepare for the exam?</p>
<p>@LosingCrayon Barron’s, as well as past FRQs from the AP Central (CB) website.</p>
<p>@SATManiac98 Thanks! I have Barron’s, and I think it is really good. Do you have any specific tips? :)</p>
<p>@LosingCrayon The #1 thing is to know the Roman/Arabic numerals for the root/inversions of triads/“7” chords, such as i, i6, i64, V7, V65, V43, V42, etc., and when to use them at the right time. They are extremely essential for FRQs 3-7. </p>
<p>Next, practice and be good at singing (at least when it comes to pitch/rhythm) because you’ll need it for the sight singing questions (SSQs). If you are in chorus and/or have perfect pitch, then you probably don’t have to practice or worry about singing at all 
Instead, you’ll most likely feel that the SSQs will be the most pointless thing you’ll do for the exam, and you should easily pull off an 18/18 total for the SSQs. </p>
<p>If you’re not in chorus/or don’t have perfect pitch, practice singing scales and figures from the Barron’s book. The good news is you don’t have to sing exactly in the key given to you for the SSQs. So if you are given 3 flats for the key signature (Eb Major or C minor), you don’t have to sing in Eb Major or in C minor.</p>
<p>Lastly, practice the recent FRQs, such as the 2013 FRQs, 2012 FRQs, 2011 FRQs, etc. </p>
<p>***KEY TIP: Read the 2012 scoring guidelines AND the SAMPLE RESPONSES followed by the sample responses’ commentary. Those responses (that are scored from excellent (even perfect) to poor), as well as the 2012 scoring guidelines, give you the idea of what to do and what NOT to do while answering the FRQs.</p>
<p>I hope the above tips can help you somewhat :)</p>
<p>@SATManiac98 @LosingCrayon Ah, all the audio questions will be the death of me. I’m practically tone deaf and I can’t harmonically dictate to save my life haha. </p>
<p>32 more hours to go… can’t wait! GL to everyone taking this exam! :)</p>
<p>Hey guys, do you any of you know how the sight-singing portion of the exam works? Not the questions themselves, but how they are administered. Does each student perform one at a time in a separate room? Can that student leave after they have finished, or do they have to wait for all the others to be done? Thanks</p>
<p>@jonesr1 For sight-singing, each student performs one at a time and returns to his/her seat when finished. Students are dismissed after all students have completed sight-singing,</p>
<p>Good luck tomorrow and may the 5 be ever in your favor!</p>
<p>Well that test was very easy overall…</p>
<p>MC Aural was pretty easy, and so was MC Nonaural. FRQ was a piece of cake. Sight singing was super easy. #1 was just full of scales in Bb major, and #2 was pretty much identical to 2012 SS #2, except for the second measure that instead had a lower neighboring tone from the G rather than the melodic line. I think I got a solid 5 hands down.</p>
<p>How are you self-studiers preparing for the aural section of the exam? I would like to take the AP Music Theory exam next year, but I don’t know which resources to use and my musical experience is minimal (2 years of piano).</p>