Irish Independent

No sour notes in music exam

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A GENERALLY fair exam with nothing unexpected was how Samantha Conroy described the Junior Certificat­e Music Higher Level listening paper.

As would be expected, there were some good challenges for strong students, such as Q5, excerpt 1, Section d, but not too many, said Ms Conroy of Firhouse Community College in Dublin and a member of the TUI. She described excerpt 2 on the same question as a “nice comparison question”.

Ms Conroy said one of the great things about the written paper was that it was laid out very well with very accessible language – in fact one of the better years in terms of language.

She said that students generally choose questions 6, 7 and 8, and one of the challenges might have been in Q8, in key of b flat – “if students were not sure of key signature this may have caused an issue”.

She said ordinary level was similarly aesthetica­lly pleasing “with lots of multiple choice”, which was a boon for those who struggle with literacy and numeracy.

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