The summer sun is coming and going after all the recent beautiful weather, but we are still here with another Leaving Cert Diary.
This morning Design and Communications Graphics was tackled, but in the afternoon it was time to face the music. Shannon tells us how she got on below...
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It Must Be Love...Coincidentally, both part of the Music exam’s Aural Skills question and my thoughts when I opened the Composition paper today.
The general feeling this afternoon amongst my fellow music students (all of whom are now finished – oh, the envy) was that it was quite a nice paper. It certainly felt that way when against all odds, Bohemian Rhapsody came up as a long question. Personally I thought the set works section of the exam was very manageable - even the dreaded Barry question.
The Irish listening question threw me for a bit of a loop, but I expected that, traditional music very much not being my strong point. My old friend ‘Influences on North America’ came up as one of the essays, and I know a lot of people will have been delighted to see sean-nós singing as well. As I mentioned before, I thought the aural skills question was very nice.
Moving onto the much-anticipated Composition paper, I was very pleasantly surprised at how accessible the melody was. No upbeat, and a comparatively easy key signature. The backing chords question was a bit odd with all its syncopation but I didn’t have to use any mad chords so I’ll count that as a win.
Overall, I hope most people will agree that today’s music exam was a success – congratulations to everyone who’s finished today!
