It’s the last class before finals and you are probably thinking, “How do I PASS the music theory exam?”
If you look back at your course, some of the common errors you keep hearing about from your instructor likely include writing parallel 5ths and 8ves, forgetting to add accidentals, getting scale degree 7 and chordal 7th mixed up and resolving them incorrectly, and missing out on recognizing sequences.
After seeing and hearing about these errors for awhile, it could get overwhelming and hard to keep track of these errors.
As a way to help you organize what you need to work on, here is a table that summarizes these common errors and highlights the typical questions and scenarios where they would occur in a written theory exam, such as melody writing, SATB and chorale harmonization, and figured bass.
In order to PASS the theory exam, you need to master the following: Parallels, Accidentals, Sevenths, Sequences = PASS
