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AP Music Theory Unit 3 Practice Questions

25 multiple-choice questions in College Board exam style. Each has four choices and a full explanation of why each option is right or wrong.

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Strategy tips

Re-stack the chord in thirds first. Notes may be written out of order: pile them into thirds to find the root, then read up from there.

Check the fifth to spot diminished and augmented. A perfect 5th means major or minor; a diminished 5th means diminished; an augmented 5th means augmented.

Roman-numeral case and figures carry meaning. Case shows quality (upper = major, lower = minor); figured-bass numbers show which chord tone is in the bass.

Read the explanations even when you're right. Each one reinforces a fact that often returns in a different form on the exam.