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title: "AP Music Theory Roman Numeral FRQ Practice"
description: "49 Part-Writing from Roman Numerals questions written in the AP format, each scored part by part."
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subject: "AP Music Theory"
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# AP Music Theory Roman Numeral FRQ Practice

## What the Roman Numeral FRQ asks

Part-Writing from Roman Numerals is FRQ 6 on the AP Music Theory exam. You get a key, a first chord, and a Roman numeral progression, and write all four voices following eighteenth-century voice-leading procedures.

- **45 min**: for FRQs 5 to 7 together
- **18 points**: for the whole progression
- **45%**: of your score, for the FRQ section

| Part | What it asks | Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A: Four-part realization | Bass notes, chord spelling, and voice leading, judged across the whole progression | 18 |

## How Roman Numeral FRQ practice works

1. **Read the full question.** The key, the first chord, and the Roman numerals, laid out the way the exam shows them.
2. **Write on a 10-minute timer.** Part of the 45 minutes the exam gives FRQs 5 to 7 together. Pause it or turn it off, and your response saves as you go.
3. **Submit for a score out of 18.** Your response is scored against the scoring guidelines written for that question. Your first score is included.

## All 49 questions

### Unit 4: Harmony and Voice Leading I - Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase (11)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading procedures and progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5a8464a539cbc382daed&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice-leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5b5e64a539cbc382daff&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading and harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5c3b64a539cbc382db14&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5d9064a539cbc382db2f&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading with harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5e0064a539cbc382db39&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading, eighteenth-century harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5eee64a539cbc382db4c&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5f5c64a539cbc382db56&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice chord progression with eighteenth-century voice leading](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5fcc64a539cbc382db5f&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression using eighteenth-century procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a604764a539cbc382db6a&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression, eighteenth-century style](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a60ad64a539cbc382db73&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice chord progression with eighteenth-century procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a611564a539cbc382db7d&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)

### Unit 5: Harmony and Voice Leading II - Chord Progressions and Predominant Function (10)
- [Four-voice chord progression with voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5b2864a539cbc382dafd&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5c1964a539cbc382db0e&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading and harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5d7864a539cbc382db2c&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading and progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5df064a539cbc382db38&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression with eighteenth-century procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5e6464a539cbc382db40&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a603364a539cbc382db67&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading in eighteenth-century style](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a609564a539cbc382db71&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading progression and procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a61ef64a539cbc382db90&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading and harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a62e864a539cbc382dba3&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading with figured bass](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a636564a539cbc382dba8&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)

### Unit 6: Harmony and Voice Leading III - Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices (10)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5a9e64a539cbc382daf3&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading with Roman numeral progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5b1464a539cbc382daf9&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5b7f64a539cbc382db03&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5d2c64a539cbc382db27&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5da364a539cbc382db30&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-voice harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5e1564a539cbc382db3a&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression and voice-leading techniques](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5f0d64a539cbc382db4e&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century voice-leading and harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a619d64a539cbc382db89&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a620364a539cbc382db93&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a639064a539cbc382dbaa&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)

### Unit 7: Harmony and Voice Leading IV - Secondary Function (18)
- [Four-part voice leading with Roman numeral progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=696731d2b753c955a9069b77&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading with eighteenth-century procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5a7b64a539cbc382daeb&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading and harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5af364a539cbc382daf5&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5b5e64a539cbc382db00&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5bba64a539cbc382db09&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5c3264a539cbc382db12&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5c9e64a539cbc382db1b&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5d5a64a539cbc382db29&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression in eighteenth-century style](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5dd364a539cbc382db32&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading in eighteenth-century style](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5ec464a539cbc382db49&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading techniques](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5f2464a539cbc382db51&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5f8e64a539cbc382db59&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression voice-leading](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a5ff564a539cbc382db64&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a605d64a539cbc382db6d&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-voice harmonic progression](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a60e464a539cbc382db79&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-voice harmonic progression, eighteenth-century style](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a614564a539cbc382db81&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Four-part voice leading with figured bass harmonies](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a61a464a539cbc382db8a&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)
- [Eighteenth-century four-part voice leading procedures](/ap-music-theory/frq-practice?id=698a61f664a539cbc382db91&type=frq-6-part-writing-from-roman-numerals)

## Sample question

**Eighteenth-century voice-leading procedures and progression**

Instructions: Write the following progression in four voices, following eighteenth-century voice-leading procedures. Continue logically from the spacing of the first chord. Do not add embellishments unless indicated by the Roman and Arabic numerals. Use only quarter and half notes.

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  Alt: Sheet music

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## Questions

**How many responses can I get scored?**

You can read every question without a plan. Your first scored response is included. A plan unlocks unlimited scoring.

**How do I write notes on the staff?**

Select Write on staff to write your answer on the question’s staff, and add typed notes below if they help. You can also switch to handwrite and add a photo of your page.

**How is FRQ 6 different from FRQ 5?**

FRQ 5 gives you a figured bass and asks for Roman numerals too. FRQ 6 gives you the Roman numerals, so you choose the bass notes and every upper voice.

**What mistakes commonly cost points?**

Parallel fifths and octaves, unresolved sevenths and leading tones, and the wrong doubled note. On the exam, voice leading is judged connection by connection, so one error doesn’t cost the whole exercise.

## Related

- [Roman Numeral FRQ exam guide](/ap-music-theory/ap-music-theory-exam/ap-music-theory-frqs-part-writing-harmonization/study-guide/ap-music-theory-frqs-part-writing-harmonization)
- [AP Music Theory Harmonization FRQ practice](/ap-music-theory/frqs/harmonization)
- [AP Music Theory FRQs](/ap-music-theory/frqs)
- Any question by id: the `get_frq` tool on the [Fiveable MCP server](/mcp/docs)

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