Skye Waulking Song

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

• Section 1 - traditional, focus on singer
• Section 2 - driven forward, pipe solo
• Call (gaelic) and response (vocables)
• Pentatonic (based on a five note scale)
• Low voice register (octave lower than written), syllabic, same for both verses

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

• Chords and note clusters - only three chords (Em and G, C introduced in chorus)
• Dominant chord D avoided - sounds modal
• Diatonic

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

• Section 1 - E minor - change between Em and G

* Section 2 - G major - relative major of E minor

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

• Call and response: Phrase 1, Refrain 1, Phrase 2, Refrain 2
• Instrumental intro, verse 1 (voice and accompaniment), verse 2 (v and a) with pipe improvised solo, coda

Question 5

Instrumentation/Timbre

Answer 5

• Wurlitzer piano, uillean pipes, bouzouki, accordian, violin, synth, bass, drum kit, fiddle
• Play in middle range

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

• Melody and accompaniment
• Heterophony between pipes and fiddle
• Polyrhythmic and layered

Question 7

Rhythm

Answer 7

• 12/8 - compound quadruple metre
• Syncopation with vocal line and instrumental countermelodies
• Hi-hat plays cross rhythms - 3 beats per bar - feels like 3/4

Question 8

Tempo

Answer 8

• Ambiguous
• Section 1 - only simple beat - slow and subdued
• Section 2 - full rhythm section - driving forward

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

• Section 1 - calm, peaceful

* Section 2 - quite sad, but powerful

Question 10

Dynamics

Answer 10

• Oral
• Quiet start, gets louder as all instruments join in section 2
• After solo, get quieter again

Question 11

Technology

Answer 11

*Modulation applied to synthesiser note cluster - makes pitch fluctuate - vibrato