Longer gaps between taped excerpts would have helped Junior Cert students at yesterday's music exam. However, according to Ms Veronica O'Sullivan, ASTI subject representative and a teacher at the Ursuline Convent, Waterford, the general reaction was good. "The lay-out was fine and very clear."
In relation to the tape, she said they did not have enough time between extracts. "This threw them and then there was a long gap at the end, which is not that useful."
It would be "most helpful," she said, if each bar in the score in question 2 was numbered and in bigger print.
A question on Irish music required "a breath and depth of knowledge" that would be difficult for children of that age to have acquired. Students found this question challenging.
