area of study 4 setwork capercaillie skye waulking song
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AREA of STUDY 4
Setwork
CAPERCAILLIE
SKYE WAULKING SONG
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KEYWORDS- can you define them?
• Pentatonic • Vocables• Oral Tradition• Scots Gaelic• Strophic• Bouzouki
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Waulking is part of traditional cloth-making
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You would sing this as you worked
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Capercaillie are a modern folk band and
this is from their album of 200O NADURRA
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So what are the main facts about this extract?
• Melody uses PENTATONIC scale• The song is in 2 sections• Timesignature is 6/8 but some parts feels like
3/4- a sense of cross rhythms• Polyrhythmic texture• Lyrics are in SCOTS GAELIC• STROPHIC structure which means 2 verses and
2 inserts• Uses vocables- these are nonsense syllables-
everyone joins in with these
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What about the instruments?Can you name them?
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The pipes- a common instrument in Scottish folk music
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The accordian – typical in UK folk music
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A bouzouki-traditionally from Greece but used in this song
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The tin whistle..
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SECTION 1• Traditional Feel
• E minor and chords change between E minor and G major
• Quiet calm
• Main focus is on the singer
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SECTION 2
• Full rhythm section play
• In G major
• Louder
• Has a pipe solo
• Backing vocals in harmony