Changelog

Exam Mode

• Timer: your 2 hours now start when you reach the Section 1 page, so reading the instructions doesn't use up any time.
• Continue button: it now stays at the bottom of the screen on the Instructions and Section pages, so you never need to scroll to find it.

Easier on your phone

• Questions and answer options now fit on the screen, and you scroll down to see everything.
• The terminology table is easier to read on a small screen.

Back button

• Your browser's Back button now takes you to the previous screen, not out of the site.
• During an exam, it asks you to confirm first, so you can't leave by accident.

Exam Mode layout

Exam Mode now follows the layout of the real online exam.

• Start screen: shows the test information, time limit, pass mark, and grade boundaries before you begin.
• Instructions page: the paper opens with instructions, information, advice, and a terminology table.
• Section Info pages: each section opens with its number, name, and total marks. Sections 1 and 7 also show the terminology table.
• Navigation bar: now shows numbered questions with an Info tab for the instructions and for each section. Visited Info tabs turn green.
• Clear and Flag: these replace Skip. Clear removes your answer to the current question. Flag marks a question to come back to, shown with a small flag on its number.

Music in Context 7.5

• Fixed an incorrect answer in one question that asks you to compare rhythms between bars.
• The correct answer is now marked as correct.

Music in Context 7.3

• Fixed some answer choices so they more realistically reflect the limitations of the instrument involved.

Interval drag-and-drop 4.3

• Increased drop tolerance for the topmost note in each clef (high G in treble, high B in bass).

Cadences 5.2

• Fixed 2 questions where some notes weren't notated correctly.

Keys & Scales 3.5

• Fixed discrepancies between the selected answer and the correct answer in some questions.
• The issue was caused by the backend not correctly registering the # character, which disrupted the image naming structure and caused an incorrect image to be assigned to the question. This has now been fixed.

Exam Mode navigation bar

• On mobile, the question navigation bar could stack into multiple rows and take up most of the screen. It's now a single row that scrolls horizontally instead.
• The current question stays in view automatically as you move through the exam.
• Added support for scrolling and dragging the bar with a mouse, in addition to touch.

Chromatic Scales 3.6

• Fixed discrepancies between the selected answer and the correct answer in some questions.
• The issue was caused by the backend not correctly registering the # character, which disrupted the image naming structure and caused an incorrect image to be assigned to the question. This has now been fixed.

Fresher mock exam papers

Every mock exam paper now draws on a wider spread of notes, intervals, and terms across its questions, so each attempt feels more varied. This applies across several sections:

Rhythm 1.3

• Questions draw on a broader mix of time signatures and note values.

Keys & Scales 3.5, 3.6

• Questions draw on a broader mix of starting notes and clefs.

Intervals 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

• 4.1 & 4.2 ("name this interval" / "name the interval type") draw on a broader mix of starting notes and interval sizes. Double sharps and double flats appear at most once each, combined across both. Compound intervals (9th and above) appear at most twice, combined across both.
• 4.3 (drag-and-drop interval) always covers a different starting note each time, a mix of treble and bass clef, and a mix of interval qualities (major or perfect, minor, augmented, diminished) — with exactly one sharp and one flat starting note alongside two natural ones.

Cadences 5.2

• Cadence questions draw on a mix of cadence types (perfect, imperfect, plagal).

Terms, Signs & Instruments 6.1

• Questions draw on a broader mix of musical terms.

This applies to Exam Mode — both the free sample paper and full papers for subscribers. Drill Mode is unaffected.