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Junior Cycle Music: Keys, scales & tonality

How often Keys, scales & tonality 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

Keys, scales & tonality, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Keys, scales & tonality.

(a)How many sharps are in the key signature of G major?
  1. One: C sharp
  2. One: F sharp
  3. Two: F sharp and C sharp
(b)Compared with a major key, music in a minor key often sounds…
  1. Faster and louder
  2. Brighter and happier
  3. Sadder or darker
(c)Which major key has just one flat, B flat, in its key signature?
  1. F major
  2. D major
  3. B flat major
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(a) One: F sharp

(b) Sadder or darker

(c) F major

Your turn: Common Level questions on Keys, scales & tonality.

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
2026Q6a
2025Q2c
2024Q3d, Q4a
2023Q3a
2022Q5a

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

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