How long is the Music Theory exam??

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<p>I have looked ALL over the internet and cannot find the length of it!! For example, one of the places that I looked at was the CollegeBoard website and the exam description:
[AP</a> Music Theory Exam Details and Description - College Board](<a href=“Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board”>AP Music Theory Exam – AP Students | College Board)</p>

<p>IT does not say!! However, if you look at any other course page, it does say how long each part is, for example World History: [AP</a> World History Exam Details and Description - College Board](<a href=“Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board”>AP World History: Modern Exam – AP Students | College Board)</p>

<p>I’ve tried many different places, and on wikipedia it does the same. It does not give details about how long the Music Theory exam is, but it gives the time for other exams!!</p>

<p>I need to know because I have to drive back to another school after I take this exam, and so I need to know when the AP Music Theory exam ends.</p>

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<p>Music Theory 45% Section I SAME SAME
75 questions (approximately 80 minutes)
Section II
45% Part A: SAME SAME
Dictation, Part writing, Composition:
7 exercises (approximately 68 minutes)
10% Part B: SAME SAME
Sight-singing: 2 exercises
(approximately 8 minutes per student)</p>

<p><a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;

<p>What it says does not always work out because the the last part uses up the student’s time in waiting for their turn to do the test.</p>

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<p>Thank you soooo much!! Can anyone tell me why these are approximate times? Am I allowed to spend as much time as I want or something? All the other exams have set times. And is the sight-singing portion in front of a person? Or to a recording device?
Why is it one at a time?</p>

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<p>No, they are fixed. I think they don’t want you to assume that is the amount of time you will be spending at the test because music theory test timings do not work as intended. There are pieces in there where you might just be sitting around waiting your turn.</p>

<p>I am curious why you are so fixated on the time.</p>

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<p>I am so fixated on the time because I don’t want to end up waiting a long time and then end up missing my 12 o’clock exam. (I need some time to drive to a different testing location).
I don’t understand what I’m waiting my turn for though, in other exams, everyone gets the test at the same time, no?</p>

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<p>Where are you located? You should check with whereever you are taking the test.</p>

<p>Music Theory is equipment dependent. If a school has 10 pieces of equipment and there are 50 people taking the test, everyone needs to wait their turn. I have heard few horror stories about people being delayed 3 hours due to malfunctions.</p>

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<p>I took the test last year. The only part where you may need to wait is for sight-singing. Because of the nature of this part of the test, each student records him/herself alone, with no one else in the background (except the proctor, who just makes sure you don’t press any buttons on the recording device at the wrong time). If you need to make another test, I’d just let the proctor know before the test starts that if at all possible, you’d like to be first to record your sight-singing.</p>

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<p>Being delayed for 3 hours?! Gosh, that would suck. I’m taking the exam at the same place I go for the class and there are only a couple of us taking the exam since everyone else in our class is taking it at their respective schools.</p>