ABRSM Singing Practice Partner vs MTB Exams Usage & Stats
Discover a new way to practise! The official ABRSM Singing Practice Partner app gives you flexibility like never before.
Featuring all 66 piano accompaniments* from the new ABRSM Songbook Plus series, you can download the tracks you need and sing them in your chosen key, at your chosen speed!
With the app, you can:
• Choose the key that best suits your voice – the accompaniments are available in all 12 keys
• Change the speed without altering the pitch and practise at a tempo that suits you
• Repeat tricky passages by setting loops around them
Singing Practice Partner comes with one example piece from the new Grade 3 ABRSM Songbook Plus. In app you can purchase:
Individual pieces
• Any accompaniment track* from the new ABRSM Songbook Plus series, for Grades 1–5.
Songbook Plus selections
• All accompaniment tracks* from each ABRSM Songbook Plus book for Grades 1-5.
To use the accompaniment tracks in Singing Practice Partner, the Songbook Plus audio must be downloaded within the app.
*Please note that the accompaniments available to purchase in-app match the exam requirements as described in the ABRSM Songbook Plus books. Where appropriate, cuts or edits have been made to the pieces to achieve this.
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Record and submit your MTB instrumental exam using this app.
This is the newest version of the MTB app and should be used for submission of all exams from February 2021 onwards.
The Music Teachers’ Board are a UK based exam board providing an exciting new way to access instrumental qualifications from grades 1 to 8 in over 25 different instruments. Our exams are recorded by either the teacher or learner, submitted online and marked by our specialist examiners.
As there is no visiting examiner, unlike other boards, our exams offer:
- Complete flexibility over exam dates
- Reduced stress levels for pupils and teachers
- Optimised rate of progress
- Lower costs
- Specialist examiners
- Convenience
Visit www.mtbexams.com to learn more and find recording advice.
This app is for use by both audio and video MTB centres and self-learners. To sign up as an approved MTB centre you will need to have signed up as an ‘Individual Music Teacher’ or ‘Organisation’ on our website: https://www.mtbexams.com/sign-up/. Exams can be conducted in video without a teacher or centre present.
App Features:
- Record in both audio and video: Using your phone or tablet you can use this app to record your MTB exam. MTB will assign you video or audio exams based on whether you centre is an audio or video centre, exam type (practical/performance) and whether you have a teacher overseeing the exam.
- Review: You can listen to or watch your recording and either delete the recording or save the exam for submission.
- Scan: You can scan/photo your free choice music to submit alongside your exam.
- Submit: You can submit your exam recording directly to MTB for marking. You will receive your result & marksheet within 2 weeks by email and a certificate will follow in the post.
- Save for later: You can save your exam for later submission. (To retake the exam, you will need to delete this saved exam).
- Guidance & help: The app includes useful information and guidance before you start the exam and has a range of information to help teachers/learners with the exam process.
- Recording safety features: You will be able to check your recording quality, that you have sufficient space available on your device and place your phone on to airplane mode for the duration of the exam recording to ensure your exam is not interrupted. You will also be able to add additional clips should your exam be interrupted.
- Identity verification: Video exams will require you to photo the candidates ID with the MTB app during submission.
- Share: Share submitted exam recordings.
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ABRSM Singing Practice Partner VS. 
MTB ExamsJanuary 15, 2026