Scottish music Flashcards

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1
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Clarsach

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Scottish harp

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Scottish harp

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Clarsach

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3
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Slow air

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Slow piece on fiddle where they can display their techniques

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4
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Slow piece on fiddle where they can display their techniques

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Slow air

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5
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Bodhran

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Scottish hand held drum

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6
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Scottish hand held drum

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Bodhran

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7
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Scottish dance band

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A band that would play in weddings or ceilidh

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8
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A band that would play in weddings or ceilidh

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Scottish dance band

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9
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Pipe band

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Drums and bagpipes

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10
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Folk group

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Combination of instruments

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11
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Drums and bagpipes in this band

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Pipe band

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12
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Combination of instruments

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Folk groups

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13
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Celtic rock

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Traditional music turned to rock

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14
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March

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2 or 4 beats in a bar

You could march to it

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15
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Waltz

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3 beats

Moderate tempo

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16
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Straphspey

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4 beats
Scotch snap (quick note followed by long)
Jumpy

17
Q

Reel

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2 or 4
Faster than straphspey
Smoother

18
Q

Jig

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Fast
Compound time (can be subdivided to 3 - humpty dumpty)
Skipping

19
Q

Cross rhythms

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Two different rhythms played together

20
Q

Scottish ballad

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Tells a story

21
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Bothie ballads

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Only men

Doric

22
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Gaelic Psalms

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Slow religious songs
Unaccompanied
Different speeds

23
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Waulking songs

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Only women

rhythm beat