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Book cover image of Barron's AP Music Theory with Audio Compact Discs by Nancy Scoggin

Authors: Nancy Scoggin
ISBN-13: 9780764196317, ISBN-10: 0764196316
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Nancy Scoggin


Nancy Scoggin has been teaching Instrumental music in Joshua, Texas for 27 years and AP Music Theory since 1996. Her degree in music education is from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She became a consultant for the College Board in 2001, was a contributing author of the Vertical Teams Guide for AP Music Theory in 2002, and a presenter at the AP National Conference in 2003.

Book Synopsis


(back cover)

  • Two full-length AP practice exams include both aural and non-aural sections
  • All questions answered and explained
  • Review topics include music fundamentals, harmonic organization, harmonic progression, melodic composition and dictation, relationship of key centers, harmonic dictation and composition, visual score analysis, contextual listening, strategies for harmonizing and sight-singing, and more
  • Four enclosed audio CDs provide aural skill development prompts for both practice tests' aural sections plus material to complement exercises and examples in the subject review chapters

  • Table of Contents


    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Overview of the AP Music Theory

    Exam

    How to Use This Book

  • 1 Music Fundamentals

  • 2 Rhythm, Meter, and

    Metric Organization

  • 3 Scales, Keys, and Modes

    AURAL UNIT 1

    Multiple-Choice Questions

    for Chapters 1-3

  • 4 Aural Skills Part I:

    Fundamentals and

    Singing

  • 5 Harmonic Organization I:

    Intervals, Triads, and

    Seventh Chords

  • 6 Harmonic Organization II:

    Chords in Diatonic

    Context

  • 7 Harmonic Organization

    III: Function and

    Cadences

    AURAL UNIT 2

    Multiple-Choice Questions

    for Chapters 5-7

  • 8 Harmonic Composition

    Part I: Fundamentals

  • 9 Harmonic Progression

    and Harmonizing

    a Melody

  • 10 Melodic Composition

  • 11 Aural Skills Part II:

    Melodic Dictation

  • 12 Key Relationships

  • 13 Secondary Function

    Harmony

    AURAL UNIT 3

    Multiple-Choice Questions

    for Chapters 10, 12, 13

  • 14 Harmonic Composition

    Part II: The Process

  • 15 Aural Skills Part III:

    Harmonic Dictation

  • 16 Visual Score Analysis

    Part I

  • 17 Score Analysis Part II:

    Strategies for

    Multiple-Choice Part B

  • 18 Strategies for

    Multiple-Choice Part A

  • 19 Strategies for

    Melodic Dictation:

    FR 1 and FR 2

  • 20 Strategies for

    Harmonic Dictation:

    FR 3 and FR 4

  • 21 Strategies for

    Harmonizing a Melody:

    FR 7

  • 22 Strategies for

    Sight-Singing

    PRACTICE TESTS

  • Practice Test 1

  • Practice Test 2 539

    Appendix A: Additional

    Information

    Appendix B: Music

    for Further Study

    Appendix C:

    Part-Writing and Melodic

    Harmonization Examples

  • Index

  • Subjects