AoS 4 Flashcards
What are the choruses in capercaillie?
Nonsense syllables/vocables
How long are the verses in capercaillie?
Only 2 lines long
How does capercaillie end?
With a fade out instrumental
Name 7 instruments used in capercaillie
Euilean pipes Fiddle Acoustic guitar Bazouki Tin whistle Drum kit Electric guitar/bass
What kind of phrasing does capercaillie use?
Balanced phrasing
What time signature is capercaillie in and how does this make the piece feel?
12/8
Gives it a lilting feel
What key is it in and when and what does it modulate to in capercaillie?
E minor
Modulated to G major for more uplifting sections e.g section 2
What is the melody line based on in capercaillie?
Pentatonic scale
What kind of rhythm is in the chorus line of capercaillie?
Scotch snap rhythm
Name two techniques used in capercaillie
Cross rhythms
Syncopation
What texture does capercaillie have?
Pipe solo = heterophonic
What is the point of capercaillies Skye waulking song?
To motivate people to work
What language is capercaillie sung in?
Gaelic
What are the different sections of a rag desh?
Alap - opening section
Jhor - pulse
Jhalla - fast and lively, tabla join
Gat/Bandish - only a Bandish if someone is singing
What scale is rag desh based on?
Raga scale
Name three guitar techniques used in rag desh
Plucking
Slides/bends
Strumming
What is used in the improvisation outside the gat sections of rag desh?
Micro intervals
What’s different about the first version of rag desh?
Only one with a sitar
Tabla drums
Tanpura - drone
What’s different about the second version of rag desh?
Sarangi and sarod are bowed not plucked
Only alap and Bandish
What’s different about the third version of rag desh?
Bansuri - wooden flute
Esraj
Shruti box
Alap then 2 different gats
How does yiri start?
Monophonic with a balafon solo
How is the second balafon introduced into yiri?
In octaves
When does yiri become polyphonic in texture?
When the djembe is introduced
Cross rhythms
Name 4 instruments used in yiri
Balafon
Djembe
Talking drum
Dun dun
Describe the drum rhythms in yiri
Accented syncopated drum rhythms
What kind of structure is used in yiri?
Call and response
A solo caller is answered by the rest of the group
How is the chorus performed in yiri?
In unison
How does yiri end?
With the single ring of a cow bell
What kind of structure is capercaillie?
Song structure
What kind of tradition is Skye waulking song?
Oral tradition
What technique does the fiddle use at the beginning of capercaillie?
Tremolo
What is the name of the cross rhythms created by the tala in rag desh?
Bols
What’s the rapid scale flourishes on the sitar called in rag desh?
Tan
What is the melodic line decorated with in the alap of rag desh?
Meend - sliding between notes
What are the individual beats in a rhythmic cycle in rag desh called?
Matras
Where is drum ostinati first heard in yiri?
Main section
What kind of music is yiri?
Improvised
