Junior Cert Music 2026

The 2026 Junior Cert Music exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Common Level

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What's in the 2026 Common Level paper?
  • Q1 texture, motifs and ostinato, instrument identification, music industry · 41 marks
  • Q2 harmonising a melody, voice types, texture, triads and chords · 44 marks
  • Q3 melodic dictation, chord changes, metre, triads and chords · 93 marks
  • Q4 instrument identification, irish music, graphic notation, metre · 31 marks
  • Q5 composing a melody, form, rhythm, instrument identification · 45 marks
  • Q6 tonality, rhythmic dictation, processing effects, arranging and adapting · 26 marks

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Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers. Every link opens the original PDF on examinations.ie.