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A K-12 music guide for the ETS listening section, non-listening section, four content categories, and instrumental, vocal, jazz, and general music coverage.
Praxis 5113 preparation should combine music-history recognition, theory and composition analysis, performance diagnostics, pedagogy, professional issues, technology, and fast listening decisions from recorded excerpts.
Use these official structure points to organize Music: Content Knowledge study.
ETS lists a 2-hour computer-delivered exam with 120 selected-response questions.
Thirty questions are based on recorded musical excerpts in Section 1.
Section 2 contains 90 questions, and ETS lists 85 minutes for that section.
Pedagogy, Professional Issues, and Technology is the largest category at 56 questions or 47%.
Candidates should practice recognizing style periods, composers, genres, world music traits, intervals, cadences, scales, modes, timbres, texture, form, instrumentation, and performance issues from audio as well as printed examples.
Nearly half of the blueprint is pedagogy, professional issues, and technology. Review should include curriculum, instruction, assessment, classroom practice, rehearsal decisions, inclusive music education, legal and ethical issues, and digital music tools.
ETS notes that the test reflects instrumental, vocal, jazz, and general music settings across K-12. Candidates should avoid preparing only from their primary performance area and should rotate through all major specialties.
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Praxis Music: Content Knowledge 5113 assesses the music knowledge and music education readiness expected of beginning K-12 music teachers. ETS describes the test as covering instrumental, vocal, jazz, and general music instruction specialties, with materials reflecting varied music instruction specialties and culturally inclusive music education.
The current ETS study companion lists a 2-hour computer-delivered exam with 120 selected-response questions. Section 1 is a listening section with 30 questions based on recorded musical excerpts, and Section 2 is a non-listening section with 90 questions and 85 minutes to complete them. The content distribution is Music History and Literature at 18 questions or 15%, Theory and Composition at 19 questions or 16%, Performance at 27 questions or 22%, and Pedagogy, Professional Issues, and Technology at 56 questions or 47%.
ETS lists the exam as 2 hours, divided into a listening section and a non-listening section.
The current ETS study companion lists 120 selected-response questions.
Yes. ETS states that 30 of the 120 questions are based on recorded musical excerpts.
Pedagogy, Professional Issues, and Technology is the largest category at 56 questions or 47%.
ETS states that materials reflect instrumental, vocal, jazz, and general music instruction specialties across the K-12 grade range.
Practice short excerpts for period, genre, ensemble, meter, mode, cadence, instrumentation, world-music traits, and performance errors.
Track Music History and Literature, Theory and Composition, Performance, and Pedagogy/Professional Issues/Technology separately.
Include instrumental, vocal, jazz, and general music examples so preparation does not stay limited to one comfort area.
Practice the listening section with quick decisions, then complete 90-question non-listening sets with pacing close to the 85-minute structure.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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