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AP Music Theory

Read, write and hear music — from intervals and chords to voice-leading and sight-singing. The CED spans 8 units (aural skills are woven throughout).

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Unit 1 · Unit 1

Music Fundamentals I: Pitch, Major Scales & Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Notation, Major scales, Rhythm, Meter
Unit 2 · Unit 2

Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales & Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre & Texture

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Minor scales, Intervals, Melody, Timbre & texture
Unit 3 · Unit 3

Music Fundamentals III: Triads & Seventh Chords

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Triads, Seventh chords, Inversions, Figured bass
Unit 4 · Unit 4

Harmony & Voice Leading I: Chord Function, Cadence & Phrase

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Cadences, Voice leading, Part-writing, Phrases
Unit 5 · Unit 5

Harmony & Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions & Predominant Function

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Progressions, Predominants, Sequences, Harmonizing
Unit 6 · Unit 6

Harmony & Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives & Melodic Devices

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Non-chord tones, Motives, Melodic devices, Analysis
Unit 7 · Unit 7

Harmony & Voice Leading IV: Secondary Function

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Secondary dominants, Tonicization, Modulation, Applied chords
Unit 8 · Unit 8

Modes and Form

Full lessons for this course are on the way. Practice questions are available now.·Modes, Phrase structure, Musical form, Composition