Scottish music Flashcards
Clarsach
Scottish harp
Scottish harp
Clarsach
Slow air
Slow piece on fiddle where they can display their techniques
Slow piece on fiddle where they can display their techniques
Slow air
Bodhran
Scottish hand held drum
Scottish hand held drum
Bodhran
Scottish dance band
A band that would play in weddings or ceilidh
A band that would play in weddings or ceilidh
Scottish dance band
Pipe band
Drums and bagpipes
Folk group
Combination of instruments
Drums and bagpipes in this band
Pipe band
Combination of instruments
Folk groups
Celtic rock
Traditional music turned to rock
March
2 or 4 beats in a bar
You could march to it
Waltz
3 beats
Moderate tempo
Straphspey
4 beats
Scotch snap (quick note followed by long)
Jumpy
Reel
2 or 4
Faster than straphspey
Smoother
Jig
Fast
Compound time (can be subdivided to 3 - humpty dumpty)
Skipping
Cross rhythms
Two different rhythms played together
Scottish ballad
Tells a story
Bothie ballads
Only men
Doric
Gaelic Psalms
Slow religious songs
Unaccompanied
Different speeds
Waulking songs
Only women
rhythm beat