HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

Music at Level-2 rests on theory. Raga and tala systems, notation, the history of Indian classical music and the pedagogy of teaching it carry the sixty marks - performance ability, however accomplished, is not what the paper measures.

What follows is the official syllabus in full: core Music theory and teaching methodology, the ninety marks of common papers every Level-2 candidate sits, and the HTET 2026 exam pattern as notified by the Board.

HTET TGT Music Exam Pattern at a Glance - HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

It helps to know the weighting first. HTET Level-2 has only one paper of 150 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 150 marks, with a duration of two-and-a-half hours and no negative marking. Each question has four alternatives, out of which one is correct.

The qualifying mark is 60% (90 marks) for all categories, and 55% (82 marks) for Scheduled Castes and Differently Abled/Physically Challenged candidates of Haryana.

Part 1: Common Subjects Syllabus (90 Marks) - HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

Securing high scores in the common section is the secret to clearing the cut-off. The same three sections appear in every Level-2 paper.

1. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Marks)

This section focuses on the educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 11–16 years. HTET Child Development and Psychology practice questions.

• Child Development: Concept of development and its relationship with learning, principles of the development of children, influence of Heredity & Environment.
• Socialization Processes: Social world & children – teacher, parents and peers.
• Key Theories: Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky – constructs and critical perspectives.
• Concepts: Child-centred and progressive education; critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence; Multi-Dimensional Intelligence; Language & Thought.
• Gender & Diversity: Gender as a social construct, gender roles, gender bias and educational practice; individual differences among learners based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community and religion.
• Assessment: Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment; Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation; formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels and critical thinking.
• Inclusive Education: Understanding children with special needs, learners from disadvantaged and deprived backgrounds, children with learning difficulties and impairment, and addressing talented, creative and specially abled learners.
• Learning & Pedagogy: How children think and learn; why children “fail” to achieve success; basic processes of teaching and learning; learning as a social activity; child as a problem solver and “scientific investigator”; understanding children’s “errors” as significant steps in learning; cognition & emotions; motivation; personal and environmental factors contributing to learning.

2. Language Proficiency (30 Marks)

Split evenly between Hindi and English, this part tests your foundational linguistic control and language pedagogy.

• Language I – Hindi (15 Marks): One unseen passage from prose, drama or poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability. Practise the Hindi Grammar question bank here.
• Language II – English (15 Marks): One unseen prose passage (discursive, literary, narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability. Practise the English Grammar question bank here.
• Pedagogy of Language Development (both languages): Learning and acquisition; principles of language teaching; role of listening and speaking and how children use language as a tool; critical perspective on the role of grammar; challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders; language skills.
• Teaching-Learning Materials: Textbook, multi-media materials and multilingual resources of the classroom.

3. General Studies (30 Marks)

A composite section designed to test your mental aptitude and awareness of Haryana.

• Haryana G.K. and Awareness (10 Marks): Haryana related history, current affairs, literature, geography, civics, environment, culture, art, traditions and welfare schemes of the Haryana Government. Attempt the Haryana GK practice set.
• General Intelligence & Reasoning (10 Marks): Semantic, symbolic/number and figural analogy; classification; series; problem solving; word building; coding & decoding; numerical and symbolic operations; trends; space orientation and visualization; Venn diagrams; drawing inferences; punched hole and pattern folding/unfolding; figural pattern folding and completion; indexing; address matching; date & city matching; embedded figures; critical thinking; emotional and social intelligence. Solve the Reasoning practice set.
• Quantitative Aptitude (10 Marks): Whole numbers, decimals, fractions and relationships between numbers; percentage; ratio & proportion; square roots; averages; interest; profit and loss; discount; partnership business; mixture and allegation; time and distance; time & work; basic algebraic identities and elementary surds; graphs of linear equations; triangle and its various kinds of centres; congruence and similarity of triangles; circle and its chords and tangents; quadrilaterals; regular polygons; right prism, right circular cone and cylinder, sphere, hemispheres, rectangular parallelepiped and regular right pyramid; trigonometric ratios; degree and radian measures; standard identities; complementary angles; heights and distances; histogram, frequency polygon, bar diagram & pie chart. Practise the Mathematics question bank.

Part II: Core Subject – Music (60 Marks)

Questions are based on the topics of the syllabus prescribed by the Board of School Education Haryana for classes VI to X, but their difficulty level and conceptual linkages can extend up to the senior secondary stage. The 60-mark Music paper is divided into three parts.

A) परिभाषाएँ, राग एवं संगीतज्ञ (Definitions, Raga and Musicians)

• मूल परिभाषाएँ: संगीत, ध्वनि, नाद, श्रुति, स्वर and सप्तक की परिभाषा.
• राग: राग की परिभाषा, राग के नियम and राग की जातियाँ.
• थाट: थाट की परिभाषा and थाट के नियम.
• गीत विधाएँ: गीत, लक्षणगीत and सरगमगीत की परिभाषा.
• संगीत पद्धति: उत्तर और दक्षिण भारतीय संगीत पद्धति; तानपुरा का परिचय; मानव जीवन में संगीत का स्थान.
• सुगम संगीत: सुगम संगीत और उसकी विधाओं का ज्ञान; हरियाणवी संस्कृति एवं हरियाणवी लोकगीत का ज्ञान; भजन, राष्ट्रीय गान, देशभक्ति गीत and वन्देमातरम् (राष्ट्रीय गीत) की परिभाषा.
• संगीतज्ञों का जीवन परिचय: तानसेन, सदारंग और अदारंग, पं. जसराज and किशोरी अमोनकर.
• संगीत के ग्रंथ: संगीत रत्नाकर and नाट्यशास्त्र (भरतमुनि).
• रागों का सैद्धान्तिक ज्ञान: राग भीमपलासी, वृंदावनी सारंग, खमाज, भैरव, यमन, दुर्गा, भूपाली, बिलावल, हमीर, काफी and भैरवी का सम्पूर्ण शास्त्रीय परिचय.

B) ताल एवं ताल वाद्य (Taal and Percussion)

• ताल की परिभाषाएँ: ताल, लय, सम, खाली, विभाग, मात्रा, आवर्तन, आमद, मोहरा and तिहाई की परिभाषा; अलंकार की परिभाषा.
• तालों का ज्ञान: एकताल, चौताल, रूपक ताल, तीनताल, दादरा ताल, झपताल and कहरवा ताल.
• बोलों की पहचान: धा, तिं, धिं, धा, किट, की, ना, ति, धि, ग, तिर, किट, तू, ना, क, ता आदि बोलों की पहचान and पेशकारा.
• वाद्यों के प्रकार: Classification of musical instruments.
• संगीतज्ञों का जीवन परिचय: जाकिर हुसैन and अल्ला रखां खां (तबला वादक).
• वाद्यों की जानकारी: तबले के अंगों का वर्णन (चित्र सहित); तबला और पखावज संगीत वाद्य यंत्रों की संरचना और ट्यूनिंग का ज्ञान.

C) राग विश्लेषण, शैलियाँ एवं तंत्र वाद्य (Raga Analysis, Styles and String Instruments)

• परिभाषाएँ: आरोह-अवरोह, पकड़, वादी, संवादी, अनुवादी and विवादी स्वर की परिभाषा; स्थाई-अंतरा, आलाप and तान की परिभाषा.
• राग वर्गीकरण: शुद्ध, छायालग and संकीर्ण राग की परिभाषा; रजाखानी गत.
• तुलनात्मक अध्ययन: उत्तरी और दक्षिण भारतीय संगीत पद्धति में भाषा, ताल, राग वर्गीकरण, गायन शैलियाँ, वादन शैलियाँ and स्वरों में विभिन्नताएँ.
• संगीतज्ञों का जीवन परिचय: पं. रविशंकर, अन्नपूर्णा देवी, पं. शिवकुमार शर्मा and हरिप्रसाद चौरसिया.
• वाद्यों की जानकारी: सितार, सरोद, वायलिन, दिलरुबा/इसराज, बांसुरी, मेंडोलिन, गिटार and सारंगी.

D) Subject-Related Pedagogy

• संगीत शिक्षण के उद्देश्य – aims and objectives of teaching Music at the upper primary and secondary level.
• संगीत शिक्षण की विधियाँ – methods of teaching vocal and instrumental music, and notation systems.
• शिक्षण सहायक सामग्री – teaching-learning material, musical instruments and the use of ICT in the music classroom.
• मूल्यांकन – evaluation and assessment in Music, including practical and performance-based assessment.

How to Prepare for the HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

Questions in Level-2 are set on the topics prescribed by the Board of School Education Haryana for classes VI to X, but their difficulty and conceptual linkages can extend up to the senior secondary stage. Plan accordingly.

• Start with the BSEH/NCERT textbooks of classes VI–X for Music and build your notes chapter-wise before touching any guidebook.
• Do not treat the common block as secondary - it is the most predictable part of the paper.
• Revise Haryana G.K. and current affairs weekly; this is the section most candidates leave until it is too late.
• Full-length timed practice is what builds exam pace.
• Solve previous year HTET Level-2 Music papers to understand the question style and the recurring topics.
• Pedagogy is easy to postpone and easy to score on; prepare it early.

Official Notification and Useful Links - HTET TGT Music Syllabus 2026

Always cross-check the syllabus with the official bulletin before you begin. The Board of School Education Haryana publishes the HTET notification, syllabus and sample papers on its official portal.

• Official BSEH website: bseh.org.in
• HTET previous year question papers (Level-II): Download the Music sample paper

Other Important Links:

• Psychology Practice Set
• Haryana GK Practice Set
• Hindi Grammar Practice Set
• English Grammar Practice Set
• Reasoning Practice Set
• Mathematics Practice Set