AP Music Theory Premium, Fifth Edition

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Barron’s AP Music Theory Premium, Fifth Edition includes in‑depth content review and practice as well as online audio. It’s the only book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day.

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• Learn from Barron’s‑‑all content is written and reviewed by AP experts
• Build your understanding with comprehensive review and practice tailored to the most recent exam
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Be Confident on Exam Day

• Sharpen your test‑taking skills with 2 full‑length practice tests, plus detailed answer explanations for all questions and a self-scoring guide
• Strengthen your knowledge with in‑depth review covering all units on the AP Music Theory exam
• Reinforce your learning with hundreds of practice questions throughout the book
• Broaden your study of Music Theory with additional information about the major triads, music for further study, part-writing and melodic harmonization examples, and more

Robust Online Audio

• Simulate the exam experience by listening to aural skill development prompts for both practice tests’ aural sections
• Deepen your understanding by listening to complementing audio for exercises in the subject review chapters

 

Nancy Fuller Scoggin has taught instrumental music and AP Music Theory for 44 years, the last 39 years in Joshua, Texas. She is retired from band directing but continues to teach AP Music Theory at Joshua High School. Ms. Scoggin was born in Utica, New York, raised in Bradenton, Florida, and graduated with her music degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. After teaching in Natchez, Mississippi for six years she moved to Texas to pursue her masters degree at the University of North Texas and began teaching in the small town of Joshua, located just south of the Fort Worth/Dallas metroplex area. She began teaching AP Music Theory in 1997 and soon became a consultant for the College Board. She is now a frequent consultant and instructor at AP summer institutes and workshops throughout the United States. She has also enjoyed being an AP Reader and finds the experience a great opportunity to meet with other AP music theory teachers from high schools and colleges around the country and share stories, insights and strategies. She also enjoys volunteering at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, attending local opera and symphony performances, traveling, gardening, and playing with her four-legged family.

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In the 1930s, Manuel H. Barron opened a bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. 

People from the community asked Mr. Barron about books that might be available to help their children study for the New York State Regents exams. After realizing there wasn't anything available, Mr. Barron created his own study guides.

80 years later, Barron's has helped millions of people prepare for their next step.