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Capercaille 'Skye Waulking Song'
Capercaille 'Skye Waulking Song'
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1
What is a waulking song?
A song sang at funerals
A song sang while working on tweed
A song sang while outside
A song sang while walking
2
What is the interesting rhythm used?
Pedal
Semi-quavers
Scotch snap
Hemi-demi-semi quavers
3
What are the features of a lament?
Slow tempo, minor chords, lyrics about grief and loss
Disjointed rhythms, fusion of two genres, nonsense syllables
Quick tempo, major chords, lyrics of grief and loss
4
What is the texture of the last line of verses 3 and 7?
Homophonic
Heterophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
5
What is the texture of the instrumental section?
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
Monophonic
6
What language(s) are the lyrics in?
Gaelic
Gaelic and nonsense syllables
English
Welsh and nonsense syllables
7
Which instruments play the melody in the instrumental section?
Uilleann pipes, bouzouki and banjo
Fiddle, bouzouki and harmonica
Guitar, fiddle and accordion
Uilleann pipes, fiddle and accordion
8
What is the chord sequence in the outro?
Em - G
C - Em
G - Am
C - G
9
What key is this piece in?
C natural major
A minor dorian mode
F major aeolian mode
E natural minor aeolian mode
10
How do you learn a piece of folk music?
Reading the score
Buying the music
Through the oral tradition
Kidnapping a folk musician and making him teach you
11
What is the first chord sequence of the piece?
Em - G
C - Dm
C - Em
G - Em
12
How many verses are there in this piece?
4
6
10
8
13
What happens to the dynamics at the end of the piece?
Crescendo
Forte
Diminuendo and fade out
Piano
14
What are the dynamics for most of the piece?
f
mf
pp
p
15
Whats is the texture during the instrumental?
heterophonic
none
monophonic
polyphonic
16
Which parts of the melody are improvised?
Verses
Chord sequences
Instrumental solos
Nonsense syllables
17
What is the chord sequence for verses 4, 5, 6 and 8?
Am - Em - C - C
Am7 - Em - Em - G
G - C - G - C
C - G - Em - G
18
What playing technique does the fiddle use at the beginning of the piece?
Pizzicato
Tremolo
Double stopping
Arco
19
What is the chord sequence for verse 7?
C - G - C - G
Em - G
Am7 - Em - Em - G
C - G - Em - G
20
How does it end?
Fading out
nothing interesting
crescendo to finish
diminuendo
21
What is the time signature for most of the piece?
6/4
12/8
2/4
1/3
22
What is the texture for most of the piece?
heterophonic
homophonic
monophoic
polyphonic
23
Which folk rhythm is present in the piece?
Scotch snap
Hemiola
Dotted notes
Triplets
24
What musical genre is this piece?
Fusion of African and western music
Fusion of western + celtic music
Western music
Folk music
