LC Music

Ceol · Levels: Higher, Ordinary

Mapped to: Leaving Certificate Music (1996 syllabus, examined until the new specification takes over; a new LC Music specification is for introduction to schools in September 2027) · official specification (NCCA). Topic names are StudyRoom's own summaries.

Listening

Set works
Study the prescribed works in detail: their composers, context, form, instruments and key musical features.

HLOL 18 q
Irish music
Features of Irish traditional music, dance types, ornamentation, sean-nós singing and Irish art music.

HLOL 22 q
General listening skills
Recognise tempo, dynamics, texture, tonality, form and style when listening to unfamiliar music.

HLOL 21 q
Instruments of the orchestra
Identify orchestral instruments, their families, ranges and playing techniques.

HLOL 18 q
Aural skills
Recognise intervals, chords, cadences, metre and tonality by ear, and write down short rhythms and melodies.

HLOL 16 q

Composing

Note values and time signatures
Read and write rhythms in simple and compound time.

HLOL 18 q
Intervals
Name intervals by number and quality and count the semitones in them.

HLOL 17 q
Keys and key signatures
Work out major and minor keys from their key signatures and find relative keys.

HLOL 18 q
Scales
Build major, natural minor and harmonic minor scales from their patterns of tones and semitones.

HLOL 15 q
Triads and chords
Build triads on each degree of the scale and recognise major and minor chords.

HLOL 18 q
Cadences
Recognise and write perfect, plagal, imperfect and interrupted cadences.

HLOL 19 q
Melody writing
Continue an opening phrase and write a balanced melody with a clear shape and ending.

HLOL 15 q
Harmony and backing
Choose suitable chords for a melody and write a bass line or chord progression.

HLOL 18 q

Performing

Performing
Prepare and present a programme of pieces on voice or instrument, solo or in a group.

HLOL 20 q
Music technology
Use sequencing and recording software to create and edit music.

HL 17 q