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MTEL Music Test Breakdown

The candidate is also tested on the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of the subject matter by writing an essay and/or short answer that evaluates and analyzes a subarea of music. There are 97 to 103 multiple choice questions covering the content subareas that count 80 percent of the final score and two open response questions relevant to the understanding and application of the content that counts 20 percent of the final score.

Music Theory has five subareas and Aural Analysis has six subareas with a combined total of 40 to 42 questions and counts 33 percent of the final score.

Theory

1. Reading a score: musical notation, symbols and embellishment symbols, scoring, expressive terms and symbols, dynamic makings, and articulation symbols.
2. Melody: melodic intervals, embellishments and devices, types and characteristics of scales, and structures and their characteristics.
3. Harmony: intervals and inversions, chord types and inversions and harmonic progressions, cadences, period voice-leading, and non-harmonic tones.
4. Rhythm, Meter and Tempo: note and rest values, rhythmic devices, time signatures, meter, and tempo markings.
5. Compositional Forms and Techniques: compositional forms, contrapuntal techniques and devices, and other compositional techniques, textures and other textural elements.

Aural Analysis of Musical Recordings

1. Scoring: recognizing voice and instrument parts and their ensembles, elements of expression, and dynamics and articulation and special effects.
2. Melody: recognizing intervals and scale types, embellishments and devices, and structures and characteristics.
3. Harmony: recognizing intervals, chords, progressions, cadences and non-harmonic tones.
4. Rhythm, Meter and Tempo: recognizing patterns and devices, meter and meter changes, and tempo and tempo changes.
5. Compositional Forms and Techniques: recognizing compositional forms, contrapuntal techniques and devices, textures, and other textual elements.
6. Errors in a Vocal and Instrumental Performance: recognizing pitch and rhythmic mistakes and deviations in dynamics, phrasing and articulation.

Music History and Literature has five subareas and Aural Analysis has five subareas with a combined total of 40 to 42 questions and counts 33 percent of the final score.

Music History and Literature

1. The Middle Ages through 1750: knowledge of styles, genres and major composers.
2. 1750 through 1900: knowledge of styles, genres and major composers.
3. The 20^th Century to the Present: knowledge of styles, genres and major composers.
4. In the United States from 1650 through 1900: knowledge of origins of styles, genres and major composers.
5. In the United States from 1900 to the Present: knowledge of origins of styles, genres and major composers.

Aural Analysis of Musical Recordings

1. The Middle Ages through 1750: recognize characteristics of styles, genres and major composers.
2. 1750 through 1900: recognize characteristics of styles, genres and major composers.
3. The 20^th Century to the Present: recognize characteristics of styles, genres and major composers.
4. The United States from 1650 to 1900: recognize characteristics of styles, genres and major composers.
5. The United States from 1900 to the Present: recognize characteristics of styles, genres and major composers.

Music Education has 5 subareas with a total of 17 to 19 questions and counts 14 percent of the final score.

1. Choral and Instrumental Literature: criteria for choosing a repertoire, types and characteristics of school vocal and instrumental ensembles, performance practices, and copyright laws.
2. Conducting: beat patterns and expressive and cueing techniques.
3. Vocal and Instrumental Techniques: terminology and concepts.
4. Musical Development of Children and Adolescents: relationship between music instruction and the development of emotional, psychomotor and social activities, and audience behavior in various environments.
5. Methods of Music Education: different instructional approaches and methods to connect the study of music to the other arts and academic disciplines.

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