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Junior Cycle Music: Pitch, note names & sol-fa

How often Pitch, note names & sol-fa 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

Pitch, note names & sol-fa, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Pitch, note names & sol-fa.

(a)Reading from the bottom up, what are the names of the five lines of the treble stave?
  1. F, A, C, E, G
  2. E, G, B, D, F
  3. G, B, D, F, A
(b)In tonic sol-fa, which syllable names the fifth note of a major scale?
  1. Lah
  2. Fah
  3. Soh
(c)On the bass stave, which note sits on the middle line?
  1. D
  2. F
  3. B
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(a) E, G, B, D, F

(b) Soh

(c) D

Your turn: Common Level questions on Pitch, note names & sol-fa.

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
2026Q3b
2025Q2a
2024Q3c
2023Q4c
2022Q3b

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

More Pitch, note names & sol-fa questions

Pitch, note names & sol-fa, 2 marks

What is the interval between middle C and the next C above it?

  1. A fifth
  2. A semitone
  3. An octave
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An octave

Count C D E F G A B C: eight letter names, so an octave. The two notes sound very alike because the higher one vibrates exactly twice as fast.

Pitch, note names & sol-fa, 3 marks

In the key of G major, which note is te?

  1. E
  2. F sharp
  3. F
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F sharp

Count up from G: G doh, A ray, B me, C fah, D soh, E lah, F sharp te. Te is a semitone below doh, which is why G major needs one sharp.

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