CSET Single Subject Music Test Preparation

Music is not offered in July or November. If time permits, consider taking one or two tests per five-hour session.

Carefully examine the CSET music description, http://www.cset.nesinc.com/PDFs/CS_music_SMR.pdf

test guides, and practice questions at http://www.cset.nesinc.com/CS_testguide_Musicopener.asp

The Music subject matter frameworks are invaluable; view the appropriate information, particularly from Chapters 3 and 4 of the Visual and Performing Arts Framework, at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/documents/vpaframewrk.pdf

This is the content you will need to master as a Music teacher.

Make sure to read relevant sections of the CSET Tips page as it contains invaluable strategies to help you do well on test day.

National Music Education Standards are available from http://www.menc.org/resources/view/national-standards-for-music-education

Quizzes in Tonal Harmony
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072491353/student_view0/chapter4/multiple_choice_quiz.html

Western Musical History
http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/

Music Essentials

http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

Music Theory
http://www.musictheory.net/

Music Theory Online Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research, and Scholarship

http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/

Jazz Primer
http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html

Classical Music Archives: www.prs.net/midi.html

Music Education: http://www.careeroverview.com/the-benefits-of-music-education.html

UCI Interim Bibliographer for Music, Christina Woo, Langson Library: cjwoo@uci.edu
Phone (949) 824-4974

Review AP test preparation and your college course materials. School textbooks are useful, too. Please explore the collection in the Student Resource Center, 2010 Education and contact gse-test-prep@uci.edu if additional information is needed.