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Junior Cycle Music: Voices & vocal techniques

How often Voices & vocal techniques 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

Voices & vocal techniques, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Voices & vocal techniques.

(a)Which is the highest female voice type in a choir?
  1. Alto
  2. Soprano
  3. Tenor
(b)In singing, a melisma is…
  1. Words spoken in rhythm instead of sung
  2. One note sung to each syllable
  3. Several notes sung to one syllable
(c)A male singer uses a light, high voice above his normal range. This technique is…
  1. Falsetto
  2. Melisma
  3. Vibrato
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(a) Soprano

(b) Several notes sung to one syllable

(c) Falsetto

Your turn: Common Level questions on Voices & vocal techniques.

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
2026Q1a, Q2a, Q2b, Q6b
2025Q4b
2024Q1c, Q1d, Q4b
2023Q2b, Q3b
2022Q1a, Q1c

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

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