Information for New Students (OLD)

New Students - Music Theory Placement Exam

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If you are interested in taking music theory or composition, you should take the Music Theory Placement Exam, Monday, September 15, 8:30-9:20 a.m., Music Hall Room 103. (This exam will take place during the first class meeting of Music Theory I.) Results of this Exam will determine if you need to take MUSC 200 (Theory I) or if you place into MUSC 201 (Theory II).

The exam will include:

* Advanced keys and clefs
* Spelling and identifying written intervals, triads, and 7th chords
* Elementary part writing
* Analysis of a short phrase for cadences and harmonies
* Aural identification of intervals, chords, and a short harmonic progression
* A brief melodic dictation excerpt

Students who have scored a 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory Exam are automatically exempted from MUSC 200 and need not take the Placement Exam.