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Scottish Music

Scottish Music. Traditional Scottish Songs. Waulking songs sung in Gaelic Unaccompanied sung by women contain Vocable s (meaningless Gaelic sounds or nonsense words such as “Hi ri horo iri ho”) Solo singer Question and Answer with Chorus. Traditional Scottish Songs. Bothy Ballad

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Scottish Music

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  1. Scottish Music

  2. Traditional Scottish Songs • Waulking songs • sung in Gaelic • Unaccompanied • sung by women • contain Vocables (meaningless Gaelic sounds or nonsense words such as “Hi ri horo iri ho”) • Solo singer Question and Answer with Chorus

  3. Traditional Scottish Songs • Bothy Ballad • Sung by men (about their farm work) • Sung in Scots • Unaccompanied • Strophic (Solo verse alternates with repeated chorus as others join in)

  4. Traditional Scottish Songs • Ballads • Songs telling a story • Usually a sad story • Often sung entirely solo • Strophic (but without chorus)

  5. Traditional Scottish Songs • Gaelic Psalms • Modal (Ancient scales, different from major and minor) • Sounds middle eastern, arabic • Sung by congregation in unison • But at different speeds so confused, sounds polyphonic • Ornaments added

  6. Traditional Scottish Songs • Mouth Music • Gaelic vocal music • Used for dancing to (when they didn’t have instruments)

  7. Traditional Scottish Songs • Gaelic Choral singing • Acappella (unaccompanied singing) • Unison – all sing same tune at once • Harmony – all sing different parts to create chords

  8. Highland Bagpipes

  9. Highland Bagpipes • Ceol Mor • Pibroch – The classical music of the bagpipes • Consists of a long slow theme and a series of variations using complex ornaments and gracenotes

  10. Highland Bagpipes • Ceol Beag • Music of pipebands • MarchesStrathspeys and reels

  11. The Fiddle • Scottish name for the violin • High Style • Slow airs • Strathspeys • Neil Gow • J Scott Skinner

  12. The Fiddle • Scottish name for the violin • High Style • Slow airs • Strathspeys • Neil Gow • J Scott Skinner

  13. Scottish Dance Band Instruments • Fiddle • Accordion • Piano • Doublebass • Snaredrum

  14. Fiddle • Plays the melody • Scottish name for the violin • Played with bow (bowed –Arco) • Traditionally used for reels and slow airs

  15. Accordion • Plays both Melody and Chords • Most commonly used is piano accordion because of keyboard at the side • Bellows are squeezed to push air through reeds • The performer presses buttons to play chords • Imported from central Europe

  16. Piano • Plays a Vamp(”oom-cha”) chords • Nowadays often replaced by the more portable and versatile keyboard.

  17. Double Bass • Plays the bass line • Largest instrument of the string family • Plucked (Pizzicato) • Often replaced by the electric bass guitar

  18. Snare Drum • Also known as the side drum • Used to play rhythm sometimes in unison with the melody • Especially heard in Marches • Sometimes nowadays an entire drumkit is used.

  19. Scottish Dance Band Instruments • Fiddle • Accordion • Piano • Double bass • Snare drum

  20. Waltz • 3beatsin thebar • Slowto moderatetempo

  21. Reel • 2or4beats in the bar • Fast tempo • “Macaroni” rhythm • Binary FormAB

  22. Jig • 2strong beats to the bar • Compoundtimesignature(6/8) • “Strawberry, strawberry” rhythm

  23. Strathspey • 2or4beats in the bar • Moderate tempo • Dotted rhythm • Scot’s Snap

  24. MARCH • 2 or 4 beats in the bar • Moderate tempo • Lots of snare drum • Simple rhythm

  25. Clarseach • Scottish harp • Originally used to accompany ancient heroic songs

  26. Scottish trademarks • Instruments used • Bagpipes, fiddles accordions • Dance bands etc • Modal sound • Ancient scales • Drone • Usually imitated by notes a fifth apart • Grace notes • Scots' snaps • Pentatonic scale

  27. Scottish concepts • Simple time • Not compound time • Compound time • Beats divided into sets of three quavers • Anacrusis • Lead in • Key Change • (modulation) • Binary form • AB • Ternary form • ABA • A capella • Unaccompanied singing • Pibroch • Classical music of the bagpipes theme and variations • Theme • Tune/idea • Variation • Theme developed/changed • Pentatonic • Old 5 note scale • Ornament • Twiddly bit/grace note • Vamp • Chords oom cha • Drone • Continuous unchanging note (bagpipes or imitation of bagpipes) • Modal • Old fashioned scales • 2/3 beats in the bar

  28. Scottish concepts • Tell apart: • Waltz • Jig • Reel • Strathspey • March • The sounds of: • Pipes • Fiddle • Clarseach • Accordion • Voice/vocal • Gaelic psalm • Scots ballad • Bothy ballad • Waulking song • Mouth music

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