AP Music Theory
This week – Notation: History and Direction
Instructional Materials and information can be found on:
Genesis – documents, grades
westviewgold.org/AP_Music_Theory – Syllabus, Calendar
Today - Tuesday, January 22, 2013
 History
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYUsxHdUy-8
 Graphic music Scores
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idxmiY9pSSI
 Discussion
o positives/negatives of direction of modern music
 Beethoven’s 5th in Graphics
o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qglck7rpI3w
12:45
 Check out Textbooks
1:00
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See calendar, Synergy for homework assignments
Read Chapter 1 tonight
Solfege, musictheory.net tomorrow
Wednesday
 Take AP Music Theory Pre-Assessment
 Solfege
o Curen Solfege Signs (not required) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEI2XDUweN4
o Scale degrees
 Discuss “I am a Musician” Project – presentations begin next week
o Prepare a musical presentation that will help demonstrate your passion in music, pick your favorite
piece to play, describe how it feels to play it, up to 3 minutes in length
 “Compose” a piece of music using non-traditional instruments and non-traditional notation
o Be creative!
o 30 seconds in length
o You will perform and present your notation next week
o Groups need to be 3 to 6 musicians
 Work on Assignments 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 together
Thursday
 Solfege octave and arpeggio test
 Begin Sight-Singing, pages 27 to 30
 Continue work on Assignments 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9
Friday
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Chapter 1 test
Musictheory.net test - Note Identification
Sight-singing test (simple)
Read Chapter 2