Skye Waulking Song - Capercaillie - Revision
- Created by: Lottie97
- Created on: 29-03-13 12:44
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- Skye Waulking Song - Capercaillie
- Fusion - Folk/Rock
- Learnt from Oral Tradition
- Waulking is a process of making Tweed weather tight by stepping on it in Urine.
- Tonality and Harmony
- Based on 4 chords - G, C, Am9, Em.
- Tonality at the beginning is ambiguous.
- Looks like E minor.
- Cluster chord at the beginning on E minor, G major later.
- Diatonic harmonies
- Melody
- Pentatonic / Hexatonic
- Soloist sings an octave lower than written.
- Backing vocals
- Simple and repetitive melody
- Rhythm and Metre
- Cross - rhythms between hi-hat and the other instruments
- Time signature is 12/8, but doesn't feel like it.
- Structure
- Overall structure is intro, verse 1,2, outro so therefore it is strophic.
- Every other line is a chorus of nonsense words.
- Word Setting
- Repetitive
- Nonsense syllables (vocables) are the same tune
- Instrumentation
- Traditional - Flute, Fiddle, Uillean Pipes, Bouzouki
- Modern - Drum Kit, Bass, Synthesiser, Wurlitzer Piano
- Traditional - Flute, Fiddle, Uillean Pipes, Bouzouki
- Learnt from Oral Tradition
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