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Library AP Music Theory Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture
⁂   AP Music Theory · Unit 2

2. Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture

Key topics: Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales, Relative and parallel keys, Chromatic, whole-tone, and pentatonic scales, Interval size and quality (major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished), Interval inversion, Transposing instruments and concert pitch, Timbre and instrumentation, Melodic features (conjunct/disjunct motion, range, contour), Melodic transposition, Texture types (monophony, homophony, polyphony, heterophony), Rhythmic devices (syncopation, hemiola, augmentation, diminution).

22 instructional periods standard track

Unit 2: Music Fundamentals II: Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture

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Topics in this unit

  • Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales
  • Relative and parallel keys
  • Chromatic, whole-tone, and pentatonic scales
  • Interval size and quality (major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished)
  • Interval inversion
  • Transposing instruments and concert pitch
  • Timbre and instrumentation
  • Melodic features (conjunct/disjunct motion, range, contour)
  • Melodic transposition
  • Texture types (monophony, homophony, polyphony, heterophony)
  • Rhythmic devices (syncopation, hemiola, augmentation, diminution)