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The Music of Scotland. Features of Scottish Music What makes Scottish music sound Scottish?. Instruments Melody Scales Grace notes Rhythm. Bagpipes. Listen to the sound of the bagpipes. Pipe Band. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Music of Scotland
Features of Scottish MusicWhat makes Scottish music sound Scottish?
• Instruments
• Melody
• Scales
• Grace notes
• Rhythm
Bagpipes
Pipe Band
Listen to the sound of the bagpipes
Listen to the sound of a pipe band
A pipe band includes drums as well as pipes. Most commonly marching bass drums & snare drums.
Bagpipes
• Drones
• Chanter
• Reed
Styles of Bagpipe music
• Pipe Band
• Pibroch
Instruments
Fiddle
Accordion
The fiddle, is just a Scottish word for violin.
Listen to this example of Scottish fiddle music
The accordion is very much associated with Scottish music.
Listen to the sound of an accordion
This fiddle is accompanied by which instrument?
This bass – chord, bass – chord style of piano accompaniment is called a vamp. Listen out for it in future excerpts.
Instruments
ClarsachThe clarsach is a Scottish harp. It comes in a number of sizes, but is smaller than an orchestral harp. Listen to the sound of
the clarsach
See a Clarsach being played here
Scottish Vocal Music• used to tell a story• to work to• to dance to • to entertain
Scots Ballad• Tells a story
• Handed down through word-of-mouth
• Often through travelling people
• Unaccompanied
Listen to this Scots Ballad
Listen to another
• Working song
• Listen for the ‘Thud Thud’
• Call & Response technique
• Singing in Unison
Listen to this waulking song
Listen to another
Waulking song
Puirt-a-beul(mouth music)
• Music to dance to
• No instruments (Unaccompanied)
• Very rhythmicListen to this Puirt-a-beulListen to another
Gaelic Psalm Singing• ‘Eerie’ sound
• Slow
• Congregation follows minister
• Singing in UnisonListen to some Gaelic Psalm singing
Bothy Ballad
• Sung by men
• Tales of Farming
• Often humorous
• Unaccompanied
Listen to this Bothy Ballad
Diddling(another type of mouth music)
• Music to dance to
• No instruments
• Very rhythmic
• Sounds like “diddle–di–diddle”
Listen to some diddling
Scottish Dance Music Played by a Scottish Country Dance Band
Heard at a CeilidhListen to the sound of an Scottish Country Dance Band
Click the picture above to view
Click the picture above to view
The Reel A quick dance
In Simple time 2/4 or 4/4
‘Straight’ rhythms (quavers / crotchets etc.)
No ‘jumpy’ rhythms
Sounds like “Running Reel, Running Reel”
Listen to this reel
Here’s another one
The JigAnother quick dance
In Compound time 6/8
‘Jumpy, Skippy’ rhythms (triplets & ‘dotted-sounding’.)
You can hear:“Straw-ber-ry Straw-ber-ry “one-and-a-two-and-a” or “skippity-skippity skippity-skippity”
Listen to this jig
Here’s another Jig
The March A dance at a ‘marching’ pace
Can be in 4/4, 2/4 or 6/8 time
Sounds like you could
‘march to the strong beat’. Listen to this march
Here’s another one
The Strathspey A more slow dance (at a walking pace)
In Simple time 4/4
The only dance to contain Scotch Snaps
Listen to this strathspey
Here’s another one
The Waltz A slow dance
In 3/4 time
Count “ 1,2,3 1,2,3”
Listen to this waltz
Listen to another one
Melody
Pentatonic Scale
Bagpipe &###
Grace note
ÞÏj
Ïj Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï Ï ∙ ∙ ∙
44&bAuld Lang Syne
Ï Ï . ÏjÏ Ï Ï . Ï
j Ï Ï Ï Ï . Ïj Ï Ï ú. Ï
Grace Notes
The easiest way to find the pentatonic scale is the black notes on a piano keyboard.
Rhythm
Scotch Snap
44&bAuld Lang Syne
Ï Ï . ÏjÏ Ï Ï . Ï
j Ï Ï Ï Ï . Ïj Ï Ï ú. Ï
6
Bagp. &bÏ Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . ∙Ï Ï .
44&bAuld Lang Syne
Ï Ï . Ïj
Ï Ï Ï . Ïj Ï Ï Ï Ï . Ï
j Ï Ï
&bú. Ï Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . Ï Ï . ∙Ï Ï .
&b
Al ly∙ BalÏ Ï
ly∙ Al
Ï Ïly∙ Bal ly∙ Bee
Ï Ï Ï Ï ÏSit tin'∙ on
Scotch snap
Ï Ï .yer Mam
Ï Ïmy's∙ knee
Ï Ï . Ï∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
&b ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙
Ally Bally Bee
Strathspey
Modern Folk music
Folk music is still very much alive & well
Here’s an example of modern folk music
Here’s another
End of Scottish Music Unit