kelsey shea
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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