Scottish Music Flashcards
What is a Scottish Violin Called
A Fiddle
A small Scottish Harp
clarsach
A type of ornament played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody.
Grace Note
A style that mixes Celtic folk music and rock.
Celtic Rock
Slow, unaccompanied Gaelic church tunes.
Gaelic Psalm
Gaelic work song sung when beating tweed.
Waulking Song
A Celtic wooden drum held in one hand and played with a wooden beater.
Bodhran
The classical form of the highland bagpipe in theme and variation form.
Pibroch
An unaccompanied folk song, usually with many verses, from north-east Scotland.
Bothy Ballad
which dance has either 2 or 4 beats in a bar.
A March
Which dance has 3 beats in a bar
Waltz
Which Scottish dance often comes before a reel. It is in simple time with four beats in a bar, usually in a major key, at a moderate tempo and it usually contains the Scotch snap rhythm
Strathspey
which Scottish dance is fast and in simple time with four beats in a bar.
Reel
Which dance is in compound or 6/8 time
Jig
