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ap music theory - q&a: sight singing & ear training

originally streamed on September 14, 2020 with Lily OuilletteStudent
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Get your AP Music Theory questions answered and strengthen your understanding of sight singing, melodic dictation, harmonic dictation, and key signatures. This office hours session walks through the Circle of Fifths, scale degrees, intervals, and ear ...more

curriculum note

This session was recorded during the 2020–2021 school year when AP exams were administered online due to COVID-19. Details about the exam format described here — such as sight singing submission over computer and number of listens for melodic/rhythmic dictation — may no longer reflect the current in-person AP Music Theory exam format.

covered in this stream

units
Unit 1 – Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive ElementsUnit 2 – Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and TextureExam Skills

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Office Hours Introduction

  • 0:30

    Scheduling and Attendance

  • 1:08

    Jumping to Modes

  • 2:10

    Greeting and Outline Review

  • 2:42

    School Review Update

  • 3:13

    Key Signatures Test

  • 3:46

    Circle of Fifths Comfort

  • 4:47

    Circle of Fifths Importance

  • 5:49

    Practice Writing Scales

  • 6:56

    Bass Clef Mnemonics

  • 8:28

    Keyboard Notation Overview

  • 9:31

    Piano Notes Basics

  • 10:33

    Major Minor Scales

  • 11:04

    Parallel Keys Question

  • 12:40

    Relative Keys Explanation

  • 14:14

    Finding Relative Minors

  • 15:54

    Sharps Flats Order

  • 17:59

    Scale Degrees Introduction

  • 19:32

    Scale Degrees Importance

  • 20:33

    Melodic Dictation Basics

  • 22:10

    Rhythmic Dictation Practice

  • 23:45

    AP Test Listens

  • 25:15

    Intervals Overview

  • 27:26

    Circle of Fifths Practice

  • 29:31

    Filling in Blanks

  • 31:34

    Relative Minor Examples

  • 33:40

    Modes and Steps

  • 35:14

    Pacing Guide Discussion

  • 37:22

    Slideshow Resources

  • 39:25

    Rhythm Refresh

  • 41:01

    Piano App Recommendation

  • 43:05

    Perfect Pitch Exercises

  • 45:41

    Note Recognition Demo

  • 47:47

    Intervals Clarification

  • 49:53

    AP Courses Feelings

  • 51:56

    Attendance and Invites

  • 53:30

    Contact and Questions

  • 55:34

    Next Week Plans

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