AP Music Theory Course at a Glance, Effective Fall 2019 Course at a Glance Plan The course at a glance provides a useful visual organization of the AP Music Theory curricular components, including § S[.]
Course at a Glance Music Fundamentals I: Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements UNIT ~16–18 PIT Plan The course at a glance provides a useful visual organization of the AP Music Theory curricular components, including: § Sequence of units, along with suggested pacing Please note that pacing is based on 45-minute class periods, meeting five days each week for a full academic year § Progression of topics within each unit § Big ideas and course skills across units Teach Skill categories spiral throughout the course: Analyze Performed Music Analyze Notated Music RHY PIT + RHY Pitch and Pitch Notation RHY 1.3 Rhythmic Values DES Complete Based on Cues DES Half Steps and Whole Steps 1.4 Major Scales and Scale Degrees 1.5 Major Keys and Key Signatures 1.6 Simple and Compound Beat Division 1.7 Meter and Time Signature 1.8 Rhythmic Patterns 1.9 Tempo 1.10 Dynamics and Articulation suggested for a given topic The individual topic page will show all the suggested skills Pitch FOR Form Rhythm DES Musical Design 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Introduction.indd 22 Relative Keys: Determining Relative Minor Key and Notating Key Signatures 2.3 Key Relationships: Parallel, Closely Related, and Distantly Related Keys 2.4 Other Scales: Chromatic, WholeTone, and Pentatonic 2.5 Interval Size and Quality 2.6 Interval Inversion and Compound Intervals 2.7 Transposing Instruments 2.8 Timbre 2.9 Melodic Features 2 PIT PIT PIT PIT PIT 2.10 Melodic Transposition 2.11 Texture and Texture Types 2.12 Texture Devices 2.13 Rhythmic Devices DES RHY Assess Assign the Personal Progress Checks—either as homework or in class—for each unit Each Personal Progress Check contains formative multiple-choice and free-response questions The feedback from the Personal Progress Checks shows students the areas where they need to focus their learning and practice 2.2 Big ideas make connections across topics and units: PIT Minor Scales: Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic DES BIG IDEAS RHY PIT Class Periods 2.1 DES + PIT PIT + PIT 1 Convert Between Performed and Notated Music + Indicates or more skills/practices 1.2 PIT ~20–23 2 PIT Class Periods RHY SKILL CATEGORIES + 1.1 Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture UNIT Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~55 questions Free-response: questions § Melodic dictation § Melodic dictation §§ Multiple-choice: ~70 questions Free-response: questions § Melodic dictation § Melodic dictation § Sight-singing 3/28/19 11:04 AM Music Fundamentals III: Triads and Seventh Chords UNIT ~13–15 PIT PIT + PIT + PIT 4.1 Soprano-Bass Counterpoint + DES 3.4 Seventh Chords PIT + PIT ~13–15 PIT Adding Predominant Function IV (iv) and ii (iio) to a Melodic Phrase 5.2 The vi (VI) Chord 5.3 Predominant Seventh Chords 5.4 The iii (III) Chord 5.5 Cadences and Predominant Function 5.6 Cadential 64 Chords PIT + 4.3 Harmonic Progression, Functional Harmony, and Cadences PIT PIT PIT + Class Periods 5.1 PIT + + PIT PIT Harmony and Voice Leading II: Chord Progressions and Predominant Function UNIT Class Periods FOR PIT ~15–17 RHY + PIT Class Periods Harmony and Voice Leading I: Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase UNIT + PIT Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~25 questions Free-response: questions § Harmonic dictation § Melodic dictation § Sight-singing Multiple-choice: ~35 questions Free-response: questions §§ Part writing: Figured bass § Part writing: Roman numerals § Sight-singing Multiple-choice: ~50 questions Free-response: questions § Composing a bass line §§ § Sight-singing 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Introduction.indd 23 + 5.7 Additional 64 Chords 3/28/19 11:04 AM Harmony and Voice Leading III: Embellishments, Motives, and Melodic Devices UNIT ~11–13 PIT ~10–12 Class Periods PIT 2 PIT 6.2 PIT Embellishing Tones: Writing Passing Tones and Neighbor Tones PIT 6.4 Embellishing Tones: Identifying and Writing Suspensions; Identifying Retardations 6.5 Motive and Motivic Transformation 6.6 Melodic Sequence 6.7 Harmonic Sequence + FOR 7.3 Tonicization through Secondary Leading Tone Chords 7.4 Part Writing of Secondary Leading Tone Chords PIT PIT + Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords Part Writing of Secondary Dominant Chords UNIT Modes and Form ~10–11 Class Periods 7.2 PIT 7.1 1 PIT Harmony and Voice Leading IV: Secondary Function UNIT PIT Class Periods 8.1 Modes 8.2 Phrase Relationships 8.3 Common Formal Sections FOR FOR RHY PIT PIT Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Personal Progress Check Multiple-choice: ~40 questions Free-response: questions § Part writing: Roman numerals § Melodic dictation §§ § Composing a bass line Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Free-response: questions § Part writing: Figured bass § Harmonic dictation § Sight-singing § Composing a bass line Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Free-response: questions § Melodic dictation § Composing a bass line § Sight-singing 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Introduction.indd 24 3/28/19 11:04 AM ... Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords Part Writing of Secondary Dominant Chords UNIT Modes and Form ~10–11 Class Periods 7.2 PIT 7.1 1 PIT Harmony and Voice Leading IV: Secondary Function... Retardations 6.5 Motive and Motivic Transformation 6.6 Melodic Sequence 6.7 Harmonic Sequence + FOR 7.3 Tonicization through Secondary Leading Tone Chords 7.4 Part Writing of Secondary Leading Tone Chords... questions § Part writing: Roman numerals § Melodic dictation §§ § Composing a bass line Multiple-choice: ~20 questions Free-response: questions § Part writing: Figured bass § Harmonic dictation §