Offered: Full Year
Prerequisite: Proficiency in voice or with an instrument

AP Music Theory will introduce advanced concepts of music theory in preparation for the AP examination. Students will study aspects of melody, harmony, texture, form, musical analysis, and composition. This course includes an aural section of sight-singing, melodic and harmonic dictation, and listening examples. The aim of this course is to improve the student’s performance, aural, analytical, and composition skills. These skills ultimately will develop the student as a stronger musician. It is recommended that prospective students have a basic knowledge of reading music on a staff and are proficient on an instrument or voice.