CCM offers Music Theory Prep class for college-bound students
Students can prepare for their music theory diagnostic or placement test in CCM Prep’s online course
UC College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory and Community Engagement (CCM Prep) offers an online course to help students prepare for their music theory college placement exams.
Taught by Ellen Harrison, an award-winning composer and the head of CCM Prep's Music Theory program, the Take Note: Music Theory Prep course covers the basics of music theory that include understanding:
- Intervals (harmonic, melodic and inversions)
- Scales (major, the various minors, diatonic modes)
- Key signatures
- Triads and inversions
- Basic Roman numeral and figured bass
- Simple bar line placement and meter exercises
- Aural skills: recognition of melodic and harmonic intervals, diatonic pitch patterns and melodic dictations.
The Take Note: Music Theory Prep course is open to students ages 16 and up. Classes begin on July 20, 2020, and continue through August 5, 2020. The online class is offered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There are 10 a.m. or 11 a.m. class sections; once a class section reaches capacity, students can still register via the waitlist and CCM Prep will open additional sections.
CCM Prep offers a variety of online summer arts experiences including piano classes, a two-week workshop with the New Horizons Orchestra, online drop-in ballet classes and private lessons. View CCM Prep’s summer 2020 class offerings.
Related Stories
UC works with local paramedics to advance sudden cardiac arrest research
April 24, 2026
A University of Cincinnati study demonstrates the feasibility of emergency medicine researchers partnering with community emergency medical services nationwide to investigate the causes of sudden cardiac arrest.
Expeditions of American stories
April 24, 2026
Long-running project explores displacement, community and memory through stories of river life
Record-setting UC track and field star sprints toward the future
April 22, 2026
University of Cincinnati student‑athlete Juliette Laracuente‑Huebner is graduating in three years with a 4.0 GPA, UC track and field records and All‑America honors, while pursuing a Doctor of Audiology and training for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.