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Junior Cycle Music: Music technology & sharing

How often Music technology & sharing 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

Music technology & sharing, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Music technology & sharing.

(a)Which processing effect makes a recording sound as if it is in a large hall or church?
  1. Distortion
  2. Reverb
  3. Panning
(b)In a recording, panning a sound means…
  1. Correcting notes that are out of tune
  2. Making it echo several times
  3. Moving it left or right in stereo
(c)Which effect gives an electric guitar the rough, gritty sound heard in rock and metal?
  1. Distortion
  2. Delay
  3. Reverb
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(a) Reverb

(b) Moving it left or right in stereo

(c) Distortion

Your turn: Common Level questions on Music technology & sharing.

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
2026Q6c
2025Q4c
2024Not asked
2023Q5c
2022Q1d

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

More Music technology & sharing questions

Music technology & sharing, 2 marks

Auto-tune is mainly used on recordings to…

  1. Boost the volume of the drums
  2. Add echoes to a guitar part
  3. Adjust the pitch of a voice
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Adjust the pitch of a voice

Auto-tune corrects notes that are slightly out of tune. Set to extreme, it gives the robotic vocal sound heard in a lot of pop, hip-hop and electronic music.

Music technology & sharing, 2 marks

Which is the best way for a student to share an original song with a global audience?

  1. Save it on a USB key at home
  2. Upload it to a streaming or video site
  3. Perform it once at the school assembly
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Upload it to a streaming or video site

Streaming and video platforms let anyone, anywhere, hear your music. Make sure you own the rights to everything in it, and use tags and a description so people can find it.

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