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Junior Cycle Music: Adding chords to a melody

How often Adding chords to a melody comes up on the Music papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Adding chords to a melody, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Adding chords to a melody.

(a)Adding chords to a melody in the exam, which is the right way to write A minor?
  1. vi
  2. Am
  3. A
(b)In G major, a bar's melody uses F sharp, A and D. Which chord contains all three notes?
  1. Em
  2. C
  3. D
(c)Which pair of chords should end a harmonised melody in G major?
  1. D then G
  2. C then D
  3. G then D
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(a) Am

(b) D

(c) D then G

Your turn: Common Level questions on Adding chords to a melody.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q2c
2025Q3e
2024Q3f
2023Q3d
2022Q2c

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Adding chords to a melody questions

Adding chords to a melody, 3 marks

In C major, which notes make the chord G7?

  1. G, B, D, E
  2. G, B flat, D, F
  3. G, B, D, F
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G, B, D, F

G7 is chord V (G, B, D) plus the note a seventh above G, which is F. It pulls strongly towards C, so G7 then C makes a strong perfect cadence.

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