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College Board AP® Music Theory:
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Browse our range of College Board AP® Music Past Exams and Scoring Guidelines below. Testing yourself with AP® Music past exams is a great way to identify which topics need more revision, so you can ensure that you are revising as effectively as possible to help you get ready for your AP® Music exam.

2025
May 2025 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2025 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Theory Audio Prompts Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2024
May 2024 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2024 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Theory Audio Prompts Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2023
May 2023 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2023 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Theory Audio Prompts Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2022
May 2022 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2022 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Theory Audio Prompts Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2021
May 2021 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2021 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2021 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2019
May 2019 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
May 2019 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Aural Score Distribution Non- Aural Score Distribution
2018
May 2018 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2017
May 2017 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper		Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight Singing Samples from the 2017 Workshop Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2017 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2016
May 2016 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2016 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2015
May 2015 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2015 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2014
May 2014 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2014 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
2013
May 2013 Free Response Questions Sight-Singing	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	Sight-Singing Directions Sight-Singing Directions \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 1 Sight-Singing Question 1 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Question 2 Sight-Singing Question 2 \| Transcript Sight-Singing Commentary Q1 Sight-Singing Commentary Q2 Sight-Singing Samples Sight-Singing Sample 1A Sight-Singing Sample 1B Sight-Singing Sample 1C Sight-Singing Sample 2A Sight-Singing Sample 2B Sight-Singing Sample 2C Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions
May 2013 Free Response Questions Theory Questions	Question Paper	Scoring Guidelines	General Directions General Directions \| Transcript Directions for Questions 1-2 Directions for Questions 1-2 \| Transcript Question 1 Question 1 \| Transcript Question 2 Question 2 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 3-4 Directions for Questions 3-4 \| Transcript Question 3 Question 3 \| Transcript Question 4 Question 4 \| Transcript Directions for Questions 5-7 Directions for Questions 5-7 \| Transcript Sample Response Question 1 Sample Response Question 2 Sample Response Question 3 Sample Response Question 4 Sample Response Question 5 Sample Response Question 6 Sample Response Question 7 Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions Theory Audio Prompts

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