<p>How important are modes (dorian, phrygian, lydian, etc.) on this test? Does one need to have a solid understanding of them for the exam?</p>
<p>meh. not incredibly. i understand them well, but you i don’t really recall using that knowledge an incredible amount.</p>
<p>Are they tested like you have a scale in front of you and you have to name it or is it tested more aurally like you hear it and then you have to name it?</p>
<p>hear it generally.</p>
<p>a lot of common templates for questions will play a song and one of the say 5 questions to answer about it will be like “what scale is the main riff based upon” (modes, whole-tone, major, harm minor, etc. you name it)</p>
<p>Ok thanks.</p>
<p>I printed out some of the FRQ’s from apcentral, and I’m a bit confused. For the harmonic progression ones where you listen and write down the chords and figured bass, do you write the entire chord or just the top and lowest voices? </p>
<p>Also, what does the slash through a number mean in the voic-leading questions? And what about the #? I know it’s a sharp but does it mean it’s a seventh chord or something?</p>
<p>sharp refers to the 3rd of the chord, slash means raise that pitch a half-step, and just top and bottom notes. </p>
<p>if you saw a sharp in c major on an e root or something, you make the g sharp so the III chord is major.</p>
<p>Can you guys list some websites that will be helpful in learning music theory? Not the basic stuff; I’ve got that pretty much down. I need to learn how to do the voice-leading and ear-training for the dictating of chords, the aural stuff basically.</p>