# Junior Cert Music: Aural Skills questions > Every Junior Cert Music exam question on Aural Skills, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie. Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/aural-skills Procedural Knowledge: identifying instruments and voices, melodic and rhythmic dictation, and hearing where chords change. 22 past Music questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme. ## Common Level ### 2026 - Q1 (41 marks): texture, motifs and ostinato, music industry - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q2 (44 marks): harmonising a melody, texture, triads and chords - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=8) - Q3 (93 marks): metre, triads and chords - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) - Q4 (31 marks): irish music, graphic notation, metre - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=21) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=19) - Q5 (45 marks): composing a melody, form, rhythm - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=25) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=23) - Q6 (26 marks): tonality, processing effects, arranging and adapting - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=28) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=26) ### 2025 - Q1 (35 marks): graphic notation, improvisation, jazz - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) - Q2 (49 marks): metre, triads and chords, tonality - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=8) - Q3 (70 marks): form, harmonising a melody, musical styles - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) - Q5 (37 marks): motifs and ostinato, music industry, music in media - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=21) ### 2024 - Q1 (36 marks): motifs and ostinato, texture - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q2 (68 marks): musical terms and symbols, texture, classical music - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) - Q3 (65 marks): harmonising a melody, triads and chords, music in media - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) - Q4 (38 marks): irish music, tonality, metre - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) - Q6 (29 marks): form, cadences, irish music - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=22) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=22) ### 2023 - Q2 (46 marks): arranging and adapting, music in media - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) - Q4 (54 marks): triads and chords - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=13) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) - Q6 (35 marks): texture, form, musical styles - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=20) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) ### 2022 - Q1 (42 marks): popular music, music in media - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q2 (57 marks): metre, staff notation, harmonising a melody - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) - Q3 (64 marks): cadences, form, music industry - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) - Q5 (40 marks): musical terms and symbols, keys and key signatures, texture - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=24) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=24) ## Related - [Elements of Music](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/elements-of-music) - [Notation & Theory](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/notation-theory) - [Composing](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/composing) - [Performing & Technology](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/performing-technology) - [Culture & Context](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/culture-context) - [All Music past papers](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music)