AP Music Theory Exam Free-Response Question and Scoring Information Archive

Download free-response questions from past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions (Part A) Free-Response Questions (Part B) Audio Prompts: General Directions\| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Scoring Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Scoring Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples Additional Audio Samples Sight Singing Samples from the 2017 Workshop
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2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2012: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free Response Questions (Part A) Free Response Questions (Part B) Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2011: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2010: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Score Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2009: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Grade Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2008: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Grade Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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2007: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Theory Questions Audio Prompts: General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7	Grade Distributions
Sight-Singing Questions Audio Prompts: Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript	Sight-Singing Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples
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