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OCR GCSE Music past papers and mark schemes

OCR GCSE Music past papers

June 2025 Latest

Paper 5

June 2024

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June 2023

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2022June

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2021November

November 2021

Paper 5

OCR GCSE Music

CodeJ536

At a glance

The course
OCR GCSE Music J536, Ofqual QAN 601/8216/7, was first examined in 2016.
What we hold
We hold 5 papers from 5 sittings, November 2021 to June 2025.
Full title
Cambridge OCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Music Β· QAN 601/8216/7 Β· 2016 onwards

Not OCR? Same subject, other boards.

Each board sets completely different papers. Check yours before you revise the wrong thing for months.

The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

Find a mock or past paper from school. The board's name is at the top of the front cover, and the course code is printed next to it, like J536. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Also on this page J536 J535 1919

Other courses, no papers held

OCR Level 1/2 GCSE in Music J535OCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in Music 1919

Memes

Certified Music memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Name the cadence
Write β€˜it's quite fast’
Me on the unfamiliar listening extract
Knowing what a chord is
Hearing the key change
Naming the cadence first listen
Hearing a Picardy third in a ringtone
Music enlightenment, ranked

Mum πŸ’–

how's your composition going? πŸ₯°

it's got a really strong intro

and the rest?

πŸ“± Screen time this week Β· Spotify6h 7m

There was only an intro

Music starter pack

Keyboard with one dead keyHeadphones for set worksComposition stuck at bar 8This website
Collect all four