Theory

Benefits of Online Theory Exams

Flexible and convenient
Private teachers can have students complete the exam at home or in the music studio. Students studying in a class can complete the exam individually in their own time or at the same time as the rest of the class.

Practice exams
Each exam comes with a practice exam for the student to complete at any time, as many times as they would like, up to a year after the exam is purchased. Candidates can use the practice exam to learn how to use the exam software before sitting the official exam online.

Immediate results
Results for Theory of Music Grade 1 and 2, Musicianship Grade 1 and 2 & Music Craft Preliminary Grade and Grade 1 online exams are available immediately. Higher-level exams are manually marked by an examiner with results available within 3-5 business days.

Online tutorials & support
AMEB ONLINE has information and FAQs for students, teachers and parents to become more familiar with the online exam system. In addition, technical support is available to all users.

Past Theory of Music and Musicianship papers (traditional format) are available as digital downloads from the AMEB Shop online. The aural recordings that accompany Musicianship and Music Craft aural exams are available from digital music outlets such as iTunes, Amazon.

Paper-Based Theory Exams

Our Online Theory Exam suite is continuing to expand with more grades and syllabuses than ever, all available for anyone wanting to earn their theory accreditation. A couple of exams are not yet available (they're in the development pipeline) so these will continue to be offered as paper-based exams. If you'd still prefer to do a paper-based theory exam, please get in touch - we understand that some candidates simply prefer working with a pencil. Our on request delivery model aim is available to make exam dates more flexible and better support regional candidates.

How do Paper-based Theory Exams work? It's super flexible and allows you to host your own exam session in your school or studio, pretty much whenever you want. You can choose the time of year that best suits your students and their learning trajectories. These on request exams have been created to provide greater flexibility for teachers and learners, and in response to feedback requests for more session dates.

What Enrollers need to know

• Diploma exams will run only on the annual August exam date, rather than on request. Any other on request exams can be paired with this exam day.
• 5 candidate minimum. This can include any grade or syllabus with the minimum being the total number of candidates you're entering (it doesn't need to be 5 per grade).
• Any combination of Grades and can be included in your cohort from the Theory of Music of music syllabus.
• Don't have 5 candidates? Let us know and we’ll work to pair you with others in your area.
• You provide the venue and supervise your candidates – this could be you, or a parent, or a trusted local adult (must be over 18 and not a Candidate).
• We schedule your theory exam day to suit you.
• The number of unique exam papers across the year is limited so we’ll be aiming to schedule common dates across the state. The usual August date will be set as an available time for you to hold your exams. We’re aiming to provide some flexibility around when your students sit their exams and this may end up becoming session-type windows or dates in future. Let us know how this works for you so we can continue to best support you.
• The more notice you give us, the better we'll be able to get you your preferred date and time.
• We'll send you all the instructions you need to ensure the integrity of the exam is upheld, along with the exams themselves in a separate, sealed envelope. This pack will include a return envelope so that you can get the exam papers back to us for marking.
• As this is still a fairly new, flexible feature for theory exams, we're still in the process of building this capability into SCORE. For now, enrolments will need to be submitted via a separate form (link below). Once we have a date confirmed, we'll pop all of your details into SCORE so that you'll be able to track your enrolments and results.
• The form must be completed by persons aged 18 and over - this may be the teacher, parent, or candidate.
• We will need to process your payment for these exams manually. This will be done once your exam day has been confirmed - we'll give you a call to take a credit card payment over the phone. SCORE will provide you with a tax invoice once we get those enrolments confirmed.
• Please note that we will require applications to be submitted at least two months prior to your preferred exam date. This will assist us in supporting all teachers in your area, and ensure that scheduling, appropriate notice periods, and the unpredictable and untimely nature of the postal service, are able to be factored.

Please note that individual responses and/or assessments task are not returned to Candidates or teachers. This is to retain the integrity of the assessment process.