Scottish Music Flashcards
1
Q
Dance with 3 beats in the bar
A
Waltz
2
Q
Fast dance with 4 beats in the bar. Running quavers.
A
Reel
3
Q
Fast dance in compound time (strawberry)
A
Jig
4
Q
Dance with 4 beats in the bar featuring a scotch snap (jumpy)
A
Strathspey
5
Q
Scottish harp
A
Clarsach
6
Q
Scottish violin
A
Fiddle
7
Q
Scottish drum
A
Bodhran
8
Q
Music with 2 or 4 beats in that bar often played by a pipe band
A
March
9
Q
Music for solo bagpipes
A
Pibroch
10
Q
Combination of folk and rock music
A
Celtic rock
11
Q
Traditional Scottish music
A
Folk group
12
Q
Ceilidh band plays Scottish dances
A
Scottish dance band
13
Q
Gaelic song uses nonsense words
A
Mouth music
14
Q
Gaelic song sung by women with a thud all the way through
A
Waulking song
15
Q
Minister leads congregation
A
Gaelic psalm
16
Q
Traditional Scots song
A
Scott’s ballad
17
Q
Scots farming song
A
Both ballad
