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Leaving Cert Music: Form, style & comparison

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

HL Asked on 3 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.

OL Asked on 3 of the last 9 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Form, style & comparison, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Form, style & comparison.

(a)What is rondo form?
  1. ABA, with one contrasting middle section only
  2. ABACA, the main theme returning between episodes
  3. AABB, each of the two parts played twice over
(b)What is strophic form in a song?
  1. Alternating slow and fast sections
  2. New music for every verse
  3. The same music for every verse
(c)What is ternary form?
  1. ABA
  2. ABACA
  3. AB
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(a) ABACA, the main theme returning between episodes

(b) The same music for every verse

(c) ABA

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Form, style & comparison.

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q6
2022Q6
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Q6
2016Not asked

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

Ordinary Level

Asked on 3 of the last 9 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2023.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q6
2022Q6
2021Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Q6
2016Not asked

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

More Form, style & comparison questions

Form, style & comparison, 2 marks

What is theme and variations form?

  1. A theme returning between episodes
  2. Two contrasting sections, A then B
  3. A theme followed by changed versions of it
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A theme followed by changed versions of it

In theme and variations, a theme is played and then changed in each variation: new rhythm, key, speed or instruments. A returning theme with episodes is rondo.

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