AP Music Theory
Links for Additional Practice
Tutorials and exercises (fundamentals, harmonic dictation, contextual listening) with downloadable workbooks, by a long-time AP Music Theory instructor. Very useful!
Lessons and trainers for introductory theory skills, and a quick source of staff paper
Aural exercises identifying intervals, chords, scales, cadences – with a few ads thrown in
www.emusictheory.com/practice/
Drill on a variety of fundamentals. “Chord functions” will provide chord spelling practice, but the IV-V-I that establishes the key practice uses terrible voice leading.
A complete fundamentals to intermediate web textbook with audio examples illustrating each concept.
Worksheets and explanatory handouts on basic and intermediate topics, sight singing and dictation exercises
Building and identifying intervals, triads, scales, and modes. A European fixed “do” option is offered in identifications, so if your students use moveable “do” for sight singing, you’ll need to explain the difference.
www.tonalityguide.com/exercises/php
Intermediate-level exercises in chord analysis, embellishing tones, figured bass, cadences, plus fundamentals skills. Printable and savable (on a server) exercises.
Fundamentals to intermediate tutorials
http://www.mibac.com/Pages/Theory/Main_Theory.htm
Fundamentals to intermediate tutorials
Flash cards for fundamentals drills
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/index.html
Trainers for fundamentals drills, plus a staff paper generator. Content is the same as for Ricci Adams’ musictheory.net/ above, plus ads.
http://www.musictheoryminute.com/
Short spoken explanations of topics from intervals to chords, voice motion types, etc., illustrated with a keyboard.
http://www.circle-of-fifths.net
Drills on key signatures and circle of fifths only.
http://cnx.org/content/m10865/latest/
Lessons and exercises on circle of fifths and key signatures.
http://earplane.com/modules/earplane_main/
Aural skills; requires registration and Shockwave
http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/theory.htm
Lesson on very basic topics
http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm
Quite complete lesson series, fundamentals to intermediate
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm
Lessons on fundamentals
http://www.alcorn.edu/musictheory/
Fundamentals through chords in inversion; aural and visual.
http://www.theorylessons.com/modes.html
Modes (including pentatonic scales) from a guitar/bass perspective.
http://www.musictheory.org.uk/
Interactive checking of very basic fundamentals
http://jmdl.com/howard/music/keys_scales.html
A chart summarizing key signatures, scales, and triads.
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-history/TheoryHelp/TheoryHelp.html
Various resources, including downloadable rhythm dictation trainer
www.northern.edu/wieland/theory/tt.htm
Miscellaneous worksheets and explanations of fundamentals; pointers to musical examples of various features; dictation, rhythm, harmony, part-writing and form.
www.sfcmtheory.com/analysis_lectures/analysis_lectures.htm
Notes and score/audio examples on intermediate topics: motives, phrases, periods, forms
www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary
Vir. Tech. dictionary of terms with audio illustrations; also quizzes, etc.