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The Music Theory Evaluation is a Diagnostic Tool that the department uses in order to place incoming students into a theory class that matches their knowledge of music. Applicants may attempt to test out of the first semester of the theory sequence by scoring above a certain threshold on their Music Theory Placement Evaluation.

Applicants will demonstrate knowledge of musical notation in both treble and bass clefs with regard to the following:

• Key signatures and scale construction for major and relative minor keys.
• Intervals (minor second through octave).
• Chord construction (minor, major, diminished, augmented, and dominant 7th).
• Rhythmic notation for simple and compound meters.

*Suggested preparatory material may be found in Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm & Meter (3rd Edition), written by John Clough, Joyce Conley, & Claire Boge. (Parts 1-5 & 7) published by W.W. Norton Co. (1999) ISBN #0-393-97369-7