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Capercaillie Skye Waulking Song

Capercaillie Skye Waulking Song. This track is from the album Nadurra, released in 2000. (Nadurra is Gaelic for naturally). Capercaille. Capercaille is a Celtic, modern Folk Band. It is made up of 8 musicians mainly from Scotland & Ireland.

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Capercaillie Skye Waulking Song

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  1. CapercaillieSkye Waulking Song This track is from the album Nadurra, released in 2000. (Nadurra is Gaelic for naturally)

  2. Capercaille • Capercaille is a Celtic, modern Folk Band. • It is made up of 8 musicians mainly from Scotland & Ireland. • It was formed in Oban (Scotland) in 1984, & has become famous worldwide.

  3. Capercaille continued… • They play traditional folk instruments (uilleannn pipes, flute, fiddle, accordian & bouzouki) over more modern instruments like drums, keyboard & bass guitar. • Their singer, Karen Matheson, mainly sings in Scots Gaelic. • Their music is a mix of traditional Celtic songs & more contemporary ideas & modern drum beats.

  4. ‘Skye Waulking Song’ ChuirM’AthairMiseDahnTaigeCharraideach • The full title translates as ‘My Father Sent Me to a House of Sorrow’. • The song is a mixture of traditional folk music and popular music.

  5. Instrumentation Traditional fiddle uilleann pipes whistle accordian bouzouki Modern guitar bass guitar drum kit keyboard (2)

  6. Structure8 verses based on the same melody but slightly different chords Intro • Begins with sustained keyboard chord • Fiddle joins in (tremolo) • Drums, 2nd keyboard and bouzouki join in (counterpoint) • Bass playing staccato (verses 1-3) • Traditional (fairly simple beat). • It’s in E minor (chords switch between Em & G). • Quiet, calm & peaceful. • Focus on the singer Verses 4-6 • Full rhythm section drives song forward. It’s in G major. • Chords C, G, Em C, G • Mostly louder Instrumental • Pipes and fiddle solo in a heterophonictexture. Improvising. Verse 7 • Chords change to Am9-Em9,Em C, G Verse 8 Chords change back to C G Em C G Outro • Vocals improvise to nonsense syllables. Instruments weave counterpoint. Long fade-out to end.

  7. Structure8 verses based on the same melody but slightly different chords Intro • sustained keyboard chord EF#GA • chords switch between • EmG Verses 1-3 • Em G Verses 4-6 • C G Em C G Instrumental • C G Em C G Verse 7 Am9 Em9 Em C G Verse 8 • C G Em C G Outro • C G C G etc.

  8. Time Signature/Rhythms • Basically in 12/8 (4 beats in a bar) • the singer sings in 12/8, but sometimes the hi-hat plays on every other quaver so it also feels la bit like 6/4.

  9. 2 more things • The melody is based on the pentatonic scale. • E G A B D or G A B D E • The song ends with a fade out.

  10. Lyrics • The lyrics are in Scots Gaelic. • Words in italics are ‘nonsense’ syllables Chuirm’athairmisedha’ntaighcharraideach Hi rihuraibhi o ho ‘N oidhche sin a rinn e bhanaisdhomh O hi a bhorohu o ho

  11. Lyrical Meaning • The lines of the verses are taken from a 13th century lament called ‘Sethan, Son of the King of Ireland’. • It’s about a girl who is unhappy with the marriage her Father has arranged for her.

  12. Waulking? • A stage in traditional clothmaking. • Woollen cloth/tweed was cleaned, thickened & softened by this process. • Women pounded the cloth against a table or trampled on it. • Women sang songs to pass time & keep the rhythm of the pounding.

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