Capercaillie 'skye Walking Song'

Question 0

Genre

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Fusion- Scottish folk (celtic) and western pop music

Question 1

Year of release

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2000

Question 2

Genre stylistics

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Language- Gaelic
Traditional folk instruments

Western pop instruments

Question 3

Waulking

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Production of tweed using a process called waulking to keep in time, sing to keep beat

Question 4

Tempo/ Rhythm

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12/8 time
Starts a little ambiguous
Hi hat rhythm makes us feel in 3 time
12/8 time established by the vocal line

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Call and response- solo and vocable refrain

Intro, v1, break, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, instrumental, v7, v8, outro

Question 6

Introduction

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Sustained synthesiser cluster chord
E minor
Tremolo fiddle
Wurlitzer piano and bouzouki in dialogue
Drum kit
Little unsure metre and tonality 
E minor and G major is established

Question 7

Verse 1

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Voice-lilting rhythm works against the other rhythms

Question 8

Break

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Fiddle comes to forefront of texture

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Verse 2

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Voice sings slightly more rhythmically

Establishes 12/8 feel

Question 10

Verse 3

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Let line of vocals is unaccompanied

Monophonic texture

Question 11

Verse 4

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Verse 5
Verse 6
Accordion, acoustic guitar, bouzouki joins
Busier texture
Vocables
Drum kit clear 12/8 feel
C G Em G

Question 12

Verse 5

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Verse 4
Verse 6
Accordion provides counter melodies

Question 13

Verse 6

Answer 13

Verse 5

Verse 4

Question 14

Instrumental

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Uilleann pipes and fiddle solo

Accordion doubles the melody and accompanies adding rhythmic interest

Question 15

Verse 7

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Am7, Em, Em, G
Dynamic drops
All instruments drop out (monophonic)
Drum kit builds up to next verse

Question 16

Verse 8

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C G Em G

Full band

Question 17

Outro

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Improvise to vocables
Lots of counterpoints (polyphonic)
C G
Long fade out

Question 18

Harmony/tonality

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G major
Diatonic
Sometimes feels As if in E minor
Only four chords (changes order)

Question 19

Melody

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About a lady mourning
Stories passed on orally
G pentatonic (5 tones only)
Melody syllabic and simple

Question 20

Texture

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Becomes thicker and busier

Bar 24 only voice, 25 whole band. Climatic and uplifting

Question 21

Instrumentation

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Solo voice- female
Fiddle- tremolo
Accordion
Wurlitzer piano
Synthesiser
Flute
Whistle
Uilleann pipes
Bouzouki (lute)
Bass guitar

Question 22

Dynamics

Answer 22

Getting louder throughout
Through addition on layers
After instrumental very quite builds to a climax in outro build driven by drum kit