London College of Music Examinations

Publications
Music theory papers

Past music theory papers are a valuable tool for exam preparation. Papers for the last six exam sessions are available, plus specimen answers and markschemes for selected sessions.

Past papers are available direct from LCM Examinations; the order forms may be downloaded here:

• Music theory grade papers (pdf, 294 kb)
• Music diploma past papers (pdf, 122 kb)

Grade papers are also available from our distributor, Music Exchange. At present, sets of papers are available for each grade for 2008 and 2009.

Grade papers for the most recent session (Summer 2010) may be downloaded here:

Preliminary (pdf, 283 kb)
Grade 1 (pdf, 447 kb)
Grade 2 (pdf, 307 kb)
Grade 3 (pdf, 614 kb)
Grade 4 (pdf, 376 kb)
Grade 5 (pdf, 471 kb)
Grade 6 (pdf, 941 kb)
Grade 7 (pdf, 636 kb)
Grade 8 (pdf, 956 kb)


Grade papers for Spring 2010 may be downloaded here:

Preliminary (pdf, 318 kb)
Grade 1 (pdf, 305 kb)
Grade 2 (pdf, 310 kb)
Grade 3 (pdf, 308 kb)
Grade 4 (pdf, 321 kb)
Grade 5 (pdf, 444 kb)
Grade 6 (pdf, 444 kb)
Grade 7 (pdf, 485 kb)
Grade 8 (pdf, 693 kb)