Scottish Music Flashcards
What are instruments used in Scottish music
Bagpipes Bodhran Fiddle Tin whistle Accordion Guitar Clarsach
A Scottish dance band is…
A band which played music to dance to
Folk groups play…
Traditional music some instruments might be- Fiddle Whistle Guitar Accordion Bagpipes
Pibroch is…
Played on the highland bagpipes by a solo piper. Very slow and stately. Elaborate theme and variation.
Celtic rock is…
Use rock instruments and traditional Celtic sounds Instruments used are: Fiddle Bagpipes Electric guitar Drum kit Singing in Gaelic Example of group- Runrig
Scotts ballad is…
A slow Scottish song that tells a story and sung in scots dialect. It’s in strophic form (ABABABAB):
repeat verse-chorus-verse-chorus
A bothy ballad is…
A folk song usually with many verses. Tells a story of farming life (uses language of farming) usually unaccompanied, and solo sung by a man.
A waulking song is…
A Scottish song sang in Gaelic which woman used to sing when they were waulking (working) wollen cloth. Sang by a soloist then followed by a group (q&a). The cloth was banged on the table and creates a beat for them to sing along to.
Gaelic psalms are…
A song sung in church. The minister would lead the congregation in the singing. It is sung in Gaelic. Mostly in the western isles of Scotland.
Mouth music is…
A style of music sung in Gaelic originally to imitate instruments for dancing. Usually unaccompanied songs with Gaelic nonsense words. Usually played with the bodhran (Scottish drum)
A waltz is…
In 3/4. Allegro
A strathspeys has…
Scott’s snap- um cha um cha
A reel has…
In simple time. 4/4. Allegro
A jig is…
2/4. Simple time. Allegro. The only dance in compound time ( strawberry strawberry )
A march is…
Moderato. Starts with a snare drum roll into
