AEPA Music (NT504) study plan

Construct and notate all 15 major and 15 minor key signatures, then spell natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales from memory without reference aids.

Identify, notate, and invert simple and compound intervals by sight and by ear, including enharmonic equivalents and tritone resolution tendencies.

Spell and label diatonic triads and seventh chords in major and harmonic minor using Roman numerals and figured bass symbols.

Diagnose personal gaps by completing a 40-item timed theory screener and logging every missed item by topic.

Part-write four-voice SATB progressions that obey voice-leading rules, eliminating parallel fifths, parallel octaves, and unresolved tendency tones.

Analyze four complete short works representing binary, ternary, rondo, and sonata forms, marking phrase boundaries, cadence types, and harmonic function.

Compose a 16-bar period in functional harmony, then reharmonize it using secondary dominants, modal mixture, and a chromatic mediant.

Transpose and adapt a given passage for B-flat, F, and E-flat instruments, verifying ranges and clef readability.

Sequence the Medieval through Baroque eras on a timeline, pairing each with representative composers, genres, and formal structures.

Contrast Renaissance polyphonic texture with Baroque contrapuntal and concertato practice using specific named works and their defining devices.

Trace the birth and development of opera, oratorio, and cantata, naming the function and audience of each genre.

Identify 30 recorded excerpts by ear, classifying each by era, genre, and at least two concrete stylistic features.

Map the evolution of symphony, concerto, and chamber music from Classical through Romantic practice, linking each to specific composers and works.

Distinguish major twentieth-century movements, including impressionism, neoclassicism, serialism, nationalism, and minimalism, with one representative work each.

Compare the stylistic traits of American vernacular traditions, including jazz, blues, gospel, and folk, and their influence on art music.

Explain three historical performance-practice issues, such as ornamentation, continuo realization, and tempo convention, and their effect on interpretation.

Sight-read one short excerpt daily in both treble and bass clefs, recording accuracy and tempo benchmarks to track improvement.

Detect and correct planted pitch, rhythm, and articulation errors in ten short score excerpts within a set time limit.

Demonstrate and describe proper breathing, support, and registration for both wind and vocal production, citing anatomical landmarks.

Conduct two-, three-, and four-beat patterns with clear preparatory beats, cues, and cutoffs, captured on video for self-review.

Compare behaviorist, constructivist, and social-learning approaches and apply each to a concrete rehearsal or general-music scenario.

Design a six-week instructional unit that states standards, measurable objectives, sequenced activities, and aligned assessments.

Write assessment items at recall, application, and analysis levels for a single topic, each paired with a scoring rubric.

Outline responses to three classroom-management, inclusion, or ethics scenarios using established professional standards.

Retake a timed diagnostic in each of the four domains and rank the top three remaining gaps by error frequency.

Rebuild the error log into a 100-item spaced-review deck, prioritizing missed analysis, history, and pedagogy items.

Practice constructed-response and scenario items under timed conditions, then revise each answer against a scoring guide.

Teach two difficult concepts aloud from memory, such as secondary dominant chains and sonata-form tonal motion, to confirm retrieval.

Complete two full-length timed practice tests under realistic testing conditions, including breaks and no reference materials.

Analyze every missed item by root cause, distinguishing content gaps from misreading and pacing errors.

Re-drill only the highest-frequency weak objectives identified in week seven and confirmed by the practice tests.

Finalize a test-day plan covering timing checkpoints, materials, and a strategy for flagging and returning to hard items.