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Missouri State University Department of Music: PRACTICE Music Theory Entrance Exam

This document is a practice music theory entrance exam for Missouri State University's Department of Music. It contains five sections assessing clefs, key signatures, intervals, triads, and rhythm and meter. The exam tests identification and notation of pitches, keys, intervals, triads, as well as rhythmic concepts like note values and time signatures.

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Missouri State University Department of Music: PRACTICE Music Theory Entrance Exam

This document is a practice music theory entrance exam for Missouri State University's Department of Music. It contains five sections assessing clefs, key signatures, intervals, triads, and rhythm and meter. The exam tests identification and notation of pitches, keys, intervals, triads, as well as rhythmic concepts like note values and time signatures.

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Missouri State University

Department of Music
PRACTICE Music Theory Entrance Exam
NAME: ________________________________________ Audition Instrument/Voice: ______________________

Are you planning to enroll as a music major? _______ music minor _______ neither _______

I. Clefs
A. Identify the pitches by letter name.

B. Notate the pitches on the staff. (Any octave is OK.)

II. Key Signatures


A. Identify the major AND minor keys indicated by the key signatures.

B. Notate the key signatures for the indicated MAJOR keys.

III. Intervals
A. Identify the intervals by quality (maj=major; min-minor; per=perfect) AND quantity (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th)
(Intervals cont'd)
B. Notate the interval ABOVE the given note.

IV. Triads
A. Identify the triads by quality. (maj = major; min = minor; dim = diminished; aug = augmented)

B. Notate the triad ABOVE the given ROOT.

V. Rhythm and Meter (10 pts.)


A. Fill in the blanks.

ex.) 1 e= 2 x 1) 1 w = ____ e 2) 1 q. = ____ e 3) 1 h = ____ q 4) 1 (half rest) = ____ 5) 1 = ____


B. Indicate the number of BEATS in each measure for the given meter signatures at a moderate tempo. How many
beats would be conducted?

ex.) ^8 has 2 beats per measure

1) 2 has ____ beats per measure

2) (y has ____ beats per measure

3) C has ____ beats per measure

4) W8 has ____ beats per measure

5) 4 has ____ beats per measure

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