Music

• Exam Structure(s) and Marking
  • Performing Practical
• Elements of Music
  • Dynamics
  • Beat/Pulse/Tempo
  • Melody

    The Orchestra

• String Family
• Woodwind Family
• Brass Family
• Percussion Family

  Irish Music

• Traditional Features of Irish Music
• Traditional Instruments
• Irish Dance Types
• Sean Nós Singing
• Irish Fusion
• Types of Irish Songs

  Essays

• Sean Nós
• The Harping Tradition
• Seán Ó Riada
• Mícheál Ó Shuilleabháin
• Céilí Bands
• Irish Song Tradition
• Irish Dance
• Influence of traditional Irish Music on the Music of North America
• Collectors
• Edward Bunting
• Regional Styles

Music Theory

• Rests, Clef & Note Names (with Note Values)
• Dotted Notes

  Treble

• Treble Notes
• Treble Key Signatures

  Bass

• Bass Notes

  Composing Paper Questions

• Question 1 - Continuation of a Given Opening
• Question 5 - Major Harmony
• Question 5 - Minor Harmony

Set Works (Set A) - Spotify Playlist - YouTube

• Romeo & Juilet Fantasy Overture by Tchaikovsky - Annotated Score - YouTube - Spotify
• Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen - YouTube - Spotify
• Piano Quartet No. 1 by Gerald Barry - Notes Slides - YouTube - Spotify
• Cantata 78 “Jesu Der Du Meine Seele” by Bach - Annotated Score - YouTube - Spotify
• RTÉ lyric fm Leaving Cert Music Podcast - Spotify