# Junior Cert Music: Performing & Technology questions

> Every Junior Cert Music exam question on Performing & Technology, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

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Innovate and Ideate: rehearsing and refining performances, improvisation, and music technology and processing effects.

5 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

- Q6 (26 marks): tonality, rhythmic dictation, 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): instrument identification, graphic notation, 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)
- Q4 (59 marks): rhythm, popular music, composing a melody - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=16) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=17)

### 2023

- Q5 (54 marks): composing a melody, graphic notation, music in media - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=17) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=14)

### 2022

- Q6 (31 marks): music in media, articulation and ornamentation, classical music - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=27) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC046CLP000EV.pdf#page=27)

## Related

- [Aural Skills](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/music/topic/aural-skills)
- [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)
- [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)