National 5

Music Technology · National 5

Recording, mixing and musical acoustics, plus a listening paper on technological concepts.

The course

What Music Technology is about

Music Technology is about recorded and produced sound: microphone technique, mixing and mastering, DAW production, and the acoustics and electronics behind it all, with a listening paper.

Where it leads

What it offers you

A direct route into sound production, audio engineering, music business and media production courses and careers.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2026

3 files

2025

3 files

2024

3 files

2023

3 files

2022

3 files

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Music Technology National 5 on sqa.org.uk.

All Music Technology levels