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🎵Unit 1 – Music Fundamentals I (Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements)

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1.8 Rhythmic Patterns

Mickey Hansen

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1.6 Simple and Compound Beat Division

Mickey Hansen

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1.5 Major Keys and Key Signatures

Mickey Hansen

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1.4 Major Scales and Scale Degrees

Mickey Hansen

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1.7 Meter and Time Signature

Mickey Hansen

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1.2 Rhythmic Values

Mickey Hansen

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1.9 Tempo

Mickey Hansen

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1.10 Dynamics and Articulation

Mickey Hansen

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1.1 Pitch and Pitch Notation

Sumi Vora

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1.3 Half Steps and Whole Steps

Mickey Hansen

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Unit 1 Overview: Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements

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🎶Unit 2 – Music Fundamentals II (Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture)

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2.13 Rhythmic Devices

Mickey Hansen

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2.12 Texture Devices

Mickey Hansen

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2.10 Melodic Transposition

Mickey Hansen

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2.7 Transposing Instruments

Mickey Hansen

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2.11 Texture and Texture Types

Mickey Hansen

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2.5 Interval Size and Quality

Mickey Hansen

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2.2 Relative Keys: Determining Relative Minor Key and Notating Key Signatures

Mickey Hansen

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2.3 Key Relationships: Parallel, Closely Related, and Distantly Related Keys

Mickey Hansen

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2.8 Timbre

Mickey Hansen

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2.4 Other Scales: Chromatic, Whole-Tone, and Pentatonic

Mickey Hansen

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2.6 Interval Inversion and Compound Intervals

Mickey Hansen

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2.9 Melodic Features

Mickey Hansen

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2.1 Minor Scales: Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic

Mickey Hansen

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Unit 2 Overview: Music Fundamentals II (Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture)

Sumi Vora

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🎻Unit 3 – Music Fundamentals III (Triads and Seventh Chords)

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3.3 Chord Inversions and Figures: Introduction to Figured Bass

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3.4 Seventh Chords

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3.2 Diatonic Chords and Roman Numerals

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3.5 Seventh Chord Inversions and Figures

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3.1 Triad and Chord Qualities (M, m, d, A)

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Unit 3 Overview: Music Fundamentals III (Triads and Seventh Chords)

Sumi Vora

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🎹Unit 4 – Harmony and Voice Leading I (Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase)

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4.1 Harmony and Voice Leading I

Mickey Hansen

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4.4 Voice Leading with Seventh Chords

Sumi Vora

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4.2 SATB Voice Leading

Sumi Vora

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4.5 Voice Leading with Seventh Chords in Inversions

Mickey Hansen

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4.3 Harmonic Progression, Functional Harmony, and Cadences

Mickey Hansen

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Unit 4 Overview: Harmony and Voice Leading I (Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase)

Sumi Vora

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🎸Unit 5: Harmony and Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions and Predominant Function

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5.6 Cadential 6/4 Chords

Cesar Torruella

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5.3 Predominant Seventh Chords

Cesar Torruella

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5.5 Cadences and Predominant Function

Cesar Torruella

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5.7 Additional 6/4 chords

Cesar Torruella

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5.4 The iii (III) Chord

Cesar Torruella

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5.1 Adding Predominant Function IV (iv) and ii (ii0) to a Melodic Phrase

Cesar Torruella

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Unit 5 Overview: Harmony and Voice Leading II (Chord Progressions and Predominant Function)

Sumi Vora

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5.2 The vi (VI) Chord

Sumi Vora

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🎺Unit 6 – Harmony and Voice Leading III (Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices)

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6.6 Melodic Sequences

Sumi Vora

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6.7 Harmonic Sequences

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6.2 Embellishing Tones: Writing Passing Tones and Neighbor Tones

Sumi Vora

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Unit 6 Overview: Harmony and Voice Leading III (Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices)

Sumi Vora

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6.4 Embellishing Tones: Identifying and Writing Suspensions; Identifying Retardations

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6.1 Embellishing Tones: Identifying Passing Tones and Neighbor Tones

Sumi Vora

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6.3 Embellishing Tones: Identifying Anticipations, Escape Tones, Appoggiaturas, and Pedal Points

Sumi Vora

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6.5 Motive and Motivic Transformation

Sumi Vora

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🎤Unit 7 – Harmony and Voice Leading IV (Secondary Function)

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Unit 7 Overview: Harmony and Voice Leading IV (Secondary Function)

Sumi Vora

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7.4 Part Writing of Secondary Leading Tone Chords

Sumi Vora

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7.2 Part Writing of Secondary Dominant Chords

Sumi Vora

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7.1 Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords

Sumi Vora

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7.3 Tonicization through Secondary Leading Tone Chords

Sumi Vora

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🎷Unit 8 – Modes & Form

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Unit 8 Overview: Modes and Form

Sumi Vora

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8.2 Phrase Relationships

Sumi Vora

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8.1 Modes

Sumi Vora

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8.3 Common Formal Sections

Sumi Vora

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✏️Frequently Asked Questions

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Is AP Music Theory Hard? Is AP Music Theory Worth Taking?

Samantha Himegarner

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What Are the Best Quizlet Decks for AP Music Theory?

Samantha Himegarner

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What Memes Are Perfect for AP Music Theory?

Samantha Himegarner

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How Can I Get a 5 in AP Music Theory?

Samantha Himegarner

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How Do I Self-Study AP Music Theory?

Samantha Himegarner

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What Are the Best AP Music Theory Textbooks and Prep Books?

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AP Music Theory Free Response Help - FRQ/LEQ

Samantha Himegarner

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AP Music Theory Multiple Choice Help (MCQ)

Samantha Himegarner

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2024 AP Music Theory Exam Guide

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🗓️Previous Exam Prep

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APMT Q&A Slide Deck

Mickey Hansen

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Building 7th Chords

Lily Ouillette

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Overall Review: Units 1-4

Lily Ouillette

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Ear Training (Intervals and Dictations)

Lily Ouillette

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Review of Ear Training and Building Triads

Lily Ouillette

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TA Led Q&A session

Lily Ouillette

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AP Music Theory: Review of Triads + Introduction to Triads in Inversion

Lily Ouillette

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AP Music Theory: Q&A Study Session

Mickey Hansen

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Writing Seventh Chords in Inversion

Lily Ouillette

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🎶 AP Music Theory - 2020 5-Hour Cram Finale

Harrison Burnside

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🎵Unit 1 – Music Fundamentals I (Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements)

🎶Unit 2 – Music Fundamentals II (Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture)

🎻Unit 3 – Music Fundamentals III (Triads and Seventh Chords)

🎹Unit 4 – Harmony and Voice Leading I (Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase)

🎸Unit 5: Harmony and Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions and Predominant Function

🎤Unit 7 – Harmony and Voice Leading IV (Secondary Function)

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