Taught by Mrs. Sandra Balderson

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Taught by Mrs. Sandra Balderson
AP Music Theory
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The Basics

• Teacher
• Mrs. Sandra Balderson!
• Textbook
• Music In Theory and Practice
• Basic Class Description
• Study and analysis of the history and theory of
  music
• Super musical awesomeness

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Pre-Requisites

• Honors Music Theory
• A love of all types of music
• Preferably some musical experience

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Content

• Review of Honors Theory material
• Music History
• Counterpoint
• Writing in four-part harmony
• Chord structure and notation
• Aural and written analysis of music
• Sight-singing and sight-reading

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Daily Class Structure

• A short warm-up consisting of either review
  material or a listening exercise
• Introduction of new concepts
• Practicing and understanding new ideas through
  analysis and composition of musicespecially
  music in four-part harmony!

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The AP Test!

• Multiple Choice
• Listening (Aural)
• Basic music theory
• Aural analysis of music
• Written (Non-Aural)
• Basic music theory
• Written analysis of music
• Not Multiple Choice
• Listening (Aural)
• Recognition of chord structures
• Melodic notation
• Written (Non-Aural)
• Short composition in four-part harmony
• Short composition of a sensible melody line on a
  given chord progression.
• Sight-Singing
• Recording of yourself singing two short melody
  lines with 75 seconds to practice each one

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