Students thrown off by mistake on music paper

MORE than 5,000 Leaving Certificate music students were confused by a mistake in part of a harmony question on yesterday’s higher level exam.

Students thrown off by mistake on music paper

A box showing the keys of B-flat and D-flat should have read B-flat minor/D-flat, leaving students to wonder if they were reading it wrongly or if the paper was incorrect.

Teachers’ Union of Ireland music spokesman Noel Cronin said that this would have taken up quite some time for most students to decide, but said he would expect the marking scheme for the exam to take this mistake on the paper into consideration.

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