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Placement exams

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Sample Placement Tests

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Prospective music majors must take an brief placement exam in music theory on the day of their audition. The exam consists of questions on note-reading in both bass and treble clefs, scales, intervals, triads, and time signatures.

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Option 2 - View practice test as image file. Printing this version may not be perfect, but it should be useable.

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