GCSE music: capercaille- skye waulking song

ALBUM- nadurra- released in 2000

type: Celtic Fusion

background:

• waulking is a name for the process of maiking cloth which was carried out by women
• the band mix together traditional celtic music and more contemporary ideas too

tonality-

• E minor and G major

dynamics-

• 1st section - piano
• 2nd section- forte
• fade out ending

Melody- 

• simple and repetitive
• based on a PENTATONIC scale

lyrics-

• sung in scots gaelic
• there are two MAIN verses
• and two INSERT verses calles seisd 1 and seisd 2
• after each line of the verse one of the inserts are sung
• the inserts are egsamples of the NONCENCE sylables/ vocables (fa la la)

Metre and rythm-

• 6/8
• strong rythm helped keep the workers in time
• it is polyrythmic (lots of rythms at the same time)

instrumentation-

traditional-

• uilleann pipes
• flute
• fiddle
• accordian
• bouzouki- A long-necked Greek instrument. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, looks like a 

modern-

• drums
• piano/ keyboard
• Bass Guitar

Structure-

Intro- verse 1- break- verse 2 - verse 3- verse 4- verse 5- verse 6- instrumental- verse 7- verse 8- outro.

• the verses are strophic (which means that they have the same melody)
• there is no chorus