AP Music Theory
AP Music Theory is a College Board approved course that prepares students to take the AP Music Theory exam. The course covers most of the material taught in a college freshman-level theory course for music majors, and is highly recommended for students planning to major or minor in music in college. While students can go straight into AP Music Theory, it is also highly recommended that they take Music Theory I first, as indicated in the VPA Music Specialized plan. It is true that many colleges will accept your credit for the AP exam, and then have you take their freshman theory course anyway, but having had AP Music Theory in high school can help you excel in their course, instead of crying in your Starbucks over it and getting "weeded out" of college.
AP Test Registration
All registration is online! Go here: CRHS Total Registration
Here are some tips the front office sent out about it:
If you are in the Free & Reduced Lunch Program – Check “Yes” in the box
If you are requesting financial assistance – Check “Yes” in the box. If you check “yes” you must complete and turn in a Financial Assistance Application Form (turn in to Ms. Baldon - main office). DEADLINE 2/1 @ 4:30 pm
Make sure you check the information you are entering. All communication will be through your email so this must be entered correctly.
Make sure you are signing up for the correct tests (ex: Sophs-W.Hist, Jrs-US Hist, Srs-Govt & Econ, Jrs-Eng Lang, Srs-Eng Lit)
Check your email on a regular basis for updates regarding AP testing.
You must pick a Pre Admin session and keep it. Due to large numbers this year you must attend the session you sign up for.
Class calendar (subject to change...)
Class Notes - Spring 2018
Useful Links
This site helps you come up with a list of songs that use the intervals you need to be able to hear, via several different genres. Make your own interval playlist, because you'll need to be able to hear them and sing them!
MusicTheory.net has lots of exercises to practice with, some tutorials, and tools like downloadable staff paper. Make sure to customize the tools if they seem too easy at first...
Teoria also has lots of great exercises and some really good tutorials. Sometimes they use slightly different terminology than we do in class, but you'll be able to figure it out.
I just found this online recently - it's a huge 50+ page PDF document, but it has a LOT of good information. The last several pages go beyond what we'll even cover in this course. Good stuff!
NoteFlight is a web-based program similar to Finale or Sibelius. If you create a free account you can save your work and come back to it later. I am a Finale user myself, so I can't help you trouble-shoot it very much, but lots of kids have told me that it's very intuitive and easy to use. I know you can also export your work to a MIDI file, and then import that into Finale if you wish. Go write some music! :)