Irish Folk music

By Kelsey Shea

Songs

• “Danny Boy”

• “My Irish Molly O”

Danny Boy• By: The Irish tenors • Sad• Popular at funerals• Instruments

– Violin – accordion

• Meter is grouped into fours• Homophonic• Moves conjunctly and disjunctly • Melodic contour is smooth

Instruments

accordion

violin

“My Irish Molly O”• By: De Dannan

• Happy and commonly used at weddings

• instruments– Accordion– Banjo– Guitar– spoons

• Melodic contour is wavy

banjo

guitar

spoons

Question #1

• At what kind of events is the song “Danny Boy” popular??

funerals

Question #2

• What is the unique instrument used in “My Irish molly O”??

Spoons

Question #3

• What meter is “Danny Boy” grouped in???

By fours

Question #4

• What is the melodic contour of “My Irish Molly O”??

Wavy

Question #5

• What is one of the instruments used in “Danny Boy”??

Accordion, violin

Question #6

• What emotion does the song “Danny Boy” show??

Sadness

Question #7

• What is the melodic contour of “Danny boy”???

Smooth

Question #8

• What is one instruments that they use in the song “My Irish Molly O”

Spoons, banjo, guitar, accordion

Question #9

• In what events is “My Irish Molly O” played

Weddings