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Junior Cycle Music: Cadences

How often Cadences comes up on the Music papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Cadences, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Cadences.

(a)A perfect cadence is made up of which two chords?
  1. IV then I
  2. V then I
  3. I then V
(b)In G major, a phrase ends with the chords C then D. Which cadence is this?
  1. Perfect
  2. Plagal
  3. Imperfect
(c)A plagal cadence moves from which chord to which?
  1. IV to I
  2. V to vi
  3. V to I
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(a) V then I

(b) Imperfect

(c) IV to I

Your turn: Common Level questions on Cadences.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q3e
2025Q3e
2024Q6b
2023Not asked
2022Q3c

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

More Cadences questions

Cadences, 3 marks

In F major, the chords B flat then F end a piece. Which cadence is this?

  1. Perfect
  2. Interrupted
  3. Plagal
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Plagal

In F major B flat is chord IV and F is chord I, so this is IV–I, a plagal (Amen) cadence. A perfect cadence in F would be C to F.

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