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Thu 06 Jun 2004Tough questions on music, but technology students happyJunior Certificate Music and Technology: Junior Certificate Music students faced a couple of tough questions on yesterday's higher level paper but were pleased with the general tone of the exam.There were 8,655 candidates entered to sit yesterday's paper, and some reported difficulties with the later parts of Question 5, on Themes and Variations. Others were fazed by the provision of an entire page to answer one question on a live performance that they had heard.