Find out the latest outline for the 2025/2026 JAMB Syllabus for Music on this page. If you are planning to take on music as one of your subject combinations in the forthcoming UTME, then this guide is for you.
Syllabus Overview
| Examination Type | UTME / Direct Entry |
| Examination Year | 2025/2026 |
| Syllabus | Music |
| File Format | |
| File Size | 113KB |
One of the ways which we have identified to gain a higher score whilst taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is using study materials such as JAMB syllabus for your subject combinations.
For candidates whose subject combinations involve music, we are pleased to inform you that this guide is solely written for you. Plus, you can download the syllabus for the subject here in this guide.
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General Objectives
The following are how the syllabus is to help candidates against their JAMB examination;
- Appreciate and discuss music fairly and critically;
- Identify, through written/aural analysis, the features of the music of different periods of Western and African
music theory history, peoples, its forms and the media; - Appreciate the influence of socio-cultural and technological factors on the lives and music of musicians.
- Attain a sound musical basis for further learning at the tertiary level
JAMB 2025 Syllabus for Music
| TOPICS/CONTENTS/NOTES | OBJECTIVES |
|---|---|
| SECTION A: RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC 1. The Staff (a) great staff, (b) ledger lines and spaces, (c) open score (voice score) and (d) C clef, alto (viola clef) and tenor clef. | Candidates should be able to identify all the components of the staff ad their applications |
| 2. Music Notes/Rests and their corresponding values. | Candidates should be able to determine the relative duration of different notes and rests |
| 3. Time/Time Signature: (simple and compound time signatures), the correct grouping of notes and barring of unbarred passages. | Candidates should be able to interpret varied rhythmic patterns. |
| 4. A – Key signatures and scales: (i) technical names of the various degrees of the scale (ii) diatonic major/minor (natural, harmonic, and melodic) (iii) chromatic scales B – Determination of the key of a piece of music with or without key signature NOT exceeding two sharps ad two flats. | Candidates should be able to; i. ascertain names of the various degrees of the diatonic scales. ii. identify simple scale passages with or without key signature. |
| 5. (a) Keyboard setting and enharmonic and equivalents (b) Accidentals | Candidates should be able to identify the names of the white and black keys and their relationship, e.g. C sharp = Db = Bx |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is the 2025 JAMB syllables out?
Yes, the official 2025 JAMB syllables are now out, and can be downloaded on this page, and as well on JAMB official portal (IBASS).
Do I need to score up to 300 to pass JAMB 2025?
Not really. This usually depend on your intend course to study and the tertiary institution you are applying into. Programs such as Law and Medicine and Surgery usually requires +300.
Is mathematics compulsory for UTME 2025?
No, mathematics is not a compulsory subject for UTME. Depending on your course of study, you might not need it i your subject combinations.
Does JAMB follows its syllabus?
Yes, JAMB follows its syllabus. However, you are not to only rely on it, rather prepare thoroughly before the exams.
Is 2025 JAMB syllabus the same as previous years?
Although similar, but the 2025 syllabus for JAMB is not the same as the previous years as it is subject to yearly modifications.
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