Year 9: Afro-Celt Sound System, Instrumentation

A polyphonic texture is where only one melody is being played.

Which instrument is the soloist here?

How can you describe the vocals in this verse?

Which instrument is playing chords at this point?

What instrumental technique is the fiddle player using?

Name the texture of the music here:

This song is purely a piece of Celtic folk music - it takes inspiration from no other genres.

'Release' by Afro Celt Sound System fuses African music, Celtic folk music and which other genre?

Which instrument joins the Uilleann pipes on the melody at the end of this extract?

Which instrument is playing a rhythmic ostinato at this point?

Name the texture of the music here:

Which instrument is playing a short, double-stopped chordal riff as part of the accompaniment here?