<p>Long story short but basically this is the first year my schools offering AP Music Theory, and I’m taking the class. For the exam though, I don’t know how well prepared I will be the choral director is teaching it and she says certain parts of her theory aren’t the greatest. But I take a lot of jazz improv lessons so would that help a lot in the class. I know about secondary dominants, nonfunctional harmonies, I do a lot of interval ear training with Band In A Box, I know all my modes and minor/diminished/altered scales, along with doing a lot of leadsheet chord progression analysis. How much are those aspects emphasized on the test?</p>
<p>Interval training is incredibly useful in the aural section of the Free Response. You’re going to need to write the soprano and bass parts from a 4-part harmony, and hearing intervals is a necessity. It’s also needed in parts of the listening in the MC.</p>
<p>Modes and scales are not as important, but you should be able to recognize them by sight, if not by ear. </p>
<p>Chord progression analysis is common in the non-aural part of the MC, so it’s great that you can do it. You also need to do the opposite - make chord progressions, which is needed in the composition part of the FR. </p>
<p>It sounds like you already have a lot of it down, so I think you shouldn’t worry too much. If you go on College Board’s AP site, it tells you everything you need for all the AP tests.</p>
<p>Yeah, look through old tests. If you have a good ear, you should be fine.</p>