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Junior Cycle Music: Terms, signs, tempo & dynamics

How often Terms, signs, tempo & dynamics comes up on the Music papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Terms, signs, tempo & dynamics, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Terms, signs, tempo & dynamics.

(a)What does the tempo marking andante mean?
  1. Very fast and lively
  2. At a walking pace
  3. Very slow and broad
(b)Dots written above or below notes (staccato) tell the player to…
  1. Play the notes smoothly joined
  2. Hold the notes a little longer
  3. Play the notes short and detached
(c)Which Italian term means gradually getting louder?
  1. Crescendo
  2. Sforzando
  3. Diminuendo
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(a) At a walking pace

(b) Play the notes short and detached

(c) Crescendo

Your turn: Common Level questions on Terms, signs, tempo & dynamics.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1e, Q3g
2025Not asked
2024Q2a
2023Not asked
2022Q5a

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

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