Capercaillie ~ Skye Waulking Song from Nadurra, 2000.
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- Created on: 06-04-13 20:43
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- Capercaillie ~ Skye Waulking Song from Nadurra, 2000.
- Melody
- This piece is pentatonic
- It's mainly syllabic
- The melody alternates between 1 bar phrases
- The melodic lines are played in the folk style, and the instruments around the melody simultaneously
- Sometimes the instruments play a similar melody in slightly different ways
- Texture
- The texture is layered (contrapuntal)
- A rhythmic pattern on the drum kit
- A bass line played by the guitar
- Chords on the synthesizer and accordion
- Counter melodies on the melody instruments
- When the instruments play a similar melody in different ways creates a HETEROPHINIC texture
- The texture is layered (contrapuntal)
- Stucture
- Phrase 1, call (in Gaelic)
- Refrain 1, response (vocables)
- Phrase 2, call (in Gaelic)
- Refrain 2, response (vocables)
- Intro - verse 1 - verse 2 - coda
- Tonality and harmony
- This pieces is in G major
- The whole piece is diatonic
- It has a modal feel
- After the whole band enters the whole song uses major chords giving it a more uplifting feeling
- The tonality is fully established at the end on the intro, just before the singer enters
- This gives the sing a melancholy tone until the full band enters
- Dynamics
- There are terraced dynamics
- The piece begins quietly
- When there is a higher pitch the dynamics are louder
- The dynamics usually match the amount of instruments playing at certain points
- The dynamics are softer in verse 1 and louder in verse 2
- Melody
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