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Junior Cycle Music: Rehearsing & performing

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

CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Rehearsing & performing, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Rehearsing & performing.

(a)In an ensemble, good balance means that…
  1. Everyone plays as loud as they can
  2. No part drowns out the others
  3. Everyone plays the very same notes
(b)When a choir works on its intonation, it is working on…
  1. Starting at the same time
  2. Singing at the right speed
  3. Singing in tune
(c)When rehearsing a tricky passage, which approach usually works best?
  1. Practise it slowly, then speed up
  2. Skip it and hope it goes well
  3. Play the whole piece fast, repeatedly
Show the answers

(a) No part drowns out the others

(b) Singing in tune

(c) Practise it slowly, then speed up

Your turn: Common Level questions on Rehearsing & performing.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q3h
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q6b

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

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