Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board, JAMB recommended textbooks for Music.

• Akpabot, S. E. (1986) Foundation of Nigerian Traditional Music, Ibadan: Spectrum.
• Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (1958) Rudiments and Theory of Music, London.
• Cole, W. (1969) The Form of Music, London: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
• Echezona, W. W. C. (1981) Nigerian Musical Instruments, Enugu: Apollo Publishing Ltd.
• Ekwueme, L. (1993) Choir Training and Choral Conducting for Africans, Lagos: Lenaus Advertising and Publishing Company.
• Holst, I. (1963) An ABC of Music, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Hosier, (1961) Instruments of the Orchestra Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Hunt, R. (1960) Elements of Music.
• Inanga, A. (1993) Music for Secondary Schools Vols. I and II, Ibadan: Spectrum.
• Kamien, R. (1990) Music: An Appreciation, London: McGraw – Hill Publishing Company.
• Kennedy, M. (1985) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, (Third Edition), London: Oxford University Press.
• Kitson, C. H. (1978) Elementary Harmony Book 2, London: Oxford University Press.
• Kofoworola, Z. O. And Lateef, Y. (1987) Hausa performing Arts and Music, Lagos: Nigeria Magazine.
• Lovelock, W. (1953) A Concise History of Music, London: Bell and Hyman.
• Lovelock, W. (1996) The Rudiments of Music, London. G. Bell and sons Limited.
• Machlis, J. (1977) The Enjoyment of Music, New York: W. W. Norton.
• Mensah, A. A. (Undated) Folksongs for Schools, Accra.
• Morris, R. O. (1974) The Oxford Harmony, Vol. I, London: Oxford University Press.
• Nketia, J. H. (1974) African Music, New York: W. W. Norton Company.
• Palmer, K. (1965) Teach Yourself Music, London: The English University Press Limited.
• Reed, H. O. (1954) Basic Music: A Basic Theory Text, New York: 19, N. Y. Mills Music Inc.
• Taylor, E. (1989) The Guide to Music Theory, London: The Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music.
• Warburton, A. O. (1955) Graded Music Course for Schools, Books I – III, London: Longman.