<p>Hello past AP Music Theory Exam takers,</p>
<pre><code> I was looking at a past sight-singing section for the AP Music Theory exam, and one of the rules said, "You will be evaluated on pitch accuracy (relative to tonic)." By relative to tonic, does that mean that only the intervals have to be accurate (for example, leaping up a 3rd and such), or does even the starting note have to be the exact pitch? To clarify, what I am asking is that if a sight-singing phrase starts on "F", can I start on "C" instead and follow the rest of the intervals accurately? Thanks in advance.
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<p>Hey i took the music theory exam last year. you do not have to use the starting pitch that they give you.. you can start on whatever pitch is comfortable for your range. however, you do have to sing the intervals accurately relative to your starting pitch.</p>
<p>Speaking of sight singing, what happens if you start singing in major? Will they be nice and say "oh, he went a third" or will they be evil and go"Hahaha!! He sang a major third instead of minor!!! Haha! Zero!" I have been really trying, but I can't seem to stay in minor for an entire melody even though its a whole four measures...</p>
<p>I'm so screwed for AP Music Theory... I'll be happy if I score at least a 2.</p>
<p>I dont think its possible to feel prepared for MT... I dont know anyone who has said, "I am expecting a 5!" Even the people who are pretty good at this stuff claim they are going to fail... so if everyone does bad, yay for us because we have a better chance at passing... then there are those people with perfect pitch... darn gifted people...</p>
<p>I know... there's this one kid in my class and he's essentially a pitch machine. His only weakness is minor intervals when they are played together. When the intervals are detached, he's flawless. But yes, best of luck to both of us and whoever else is out there taking the AP MT exam tomorrow!</p>
<p>To answer the original post's question,</p>
<p>You have to start on an F, but you can be an F at any octave and sing relative to that F.</p>
<p>Thank goodness... I didn't know if this feeling of unpreparedness was universal... Is the curve nice for AP Theory? I'm shooting for a 3 :P... I'm usuall one of the kids who aims for nothing but 5s...</p>
<p>I took the test last year... sang both exercises in major and still ended up with a 4 (for the section and overall).</p>
<p>If you transpose a minor piece to major, and maintain major modality throughout (i.e. sing a song in A minor FLAWLESSLY as if it was in A major), you will receive at best a score of 6/9. This is actually stated in the scoring rubric. Normally, they take off one point (or choose not to give you the point, if that makes you feel better ;)) for each half-measure you sing incorrectly, but transposition to the parallel major is a very common error.</p>
<p>hey yeah i TOTALLY THOUGHT i bombed the test... sight singing included. and turns out i got a 5.</p>
<p>i wouldn't flip out that much.. just make sure you practice part writing and looking for errors.</p>