Capercaillie - Sky Waulking Song 0.0 / 5 ? MusicCapercailleGCSEEdexcel Created by: Bolt 775Created on: 30-05-17 13:02 When did Capercaillie compose Sky Waulking Song? 2000 1 of 32 What was the name of the album? Nadurra 2 of 32 When was the album Nadurra released? 26th September 2000 3 of 32 What genre of music is Sky Waulking song? Folk fusion (folk and pop) However it is known as British folk music. 4 of 32 What language is Capercaillie sung in? Scots Gaelic but uses vocables 5 of 32 What are the typical features of British folk music? 1) Use of mainly acoustic instruments, with little use of electric instruments. 6 of 32 Typical features of pop music? Use of electronic instrumentation. 7 of 32 What is the time signature of this piece? 12/8 8 of 32 The shaker and the hi-hat play every two beats giving the rhythm a ______ feel. triple 9 of 32 Vocal parts have a characteristics ________ / _______ lilting rhythm 10 of 32 In verse _ and ______________ the accordion emphasises the 2nd and 5th beats 1) 5 and 2) instrumental 11 of 32 What is the structure of the piece? Intro - Verse 1 - Break - Verse 2 - Verse 3 - Verse 4 - Verse 5 - Verse 6 - Instrumental - Verse 7 - Verse 8 - Outro 12 of 32 What instruments are used? Accordion, Piano, Synthesiser, Flutes, whistle, uilleann pipes, Vocals, acoustic and electric bass, fiddle, bouzouki, guitar, bodhran, drums and percussion 13 of 32 What is the tempo of this piece? Slow and calm 14 of 32 The vocal part is sung using the scale of _ / _____ / __________ ( or G major pentatonic) throughout E minor pentatontic 15 of 32 Uses _ / ____ / ___________ in the melody E minor pentatonic 16 of 32 The harmony is very simple using ______ / _______ in the whole song Four chords 17 of 32 What chords are used in the intro? Em, G 18 of 32 What chords are used in verse 4? C, G, Em, G 19 of 32 What chords are used in verse 7? Am7, Em, Em, G (only for one verse.) 20 of 32 The chord pattern returns to normal in verse 8 this is? C, G, Em, C 21 of 32 What are the chords in the outro? C, G 22 of 32 What texture is used when the electric piano and the bouzouki are played in the intro? Counterpoint 23 of 32 Accordion plays __________________ to the vocals in verse 5 countermelodies 24 of 32 What texture is used in the instrumental between the uilleann pipes and the fiddle? Heterophonic texture 25 of 32 Last line of verse 3 is _______________ Unaccompanied 26 of 32 The dynamics build with the textures of the song _________ considerably in _______ / _ leaving room for ______ / _______ / _________ 1) dropping 2) Verse 7 3) Intimate vocal sounds 27 of 32 A long ____ / ___ brings the song to an end fade out 28 of 32 What scale is used? E minor pentatonic scale 29 of 32 Melodic lines are played in the folk style instruments _______ around a melody Improvise 30 of 32 The 'waulking' song tradition can be heard in the use of ___________ between each sung line and the repetition of each line of verse Vocables 31 of 32 What is the articulation / ornamentation used in this piece? 1) Use of vocables 2) Fiddle starts with a tremolo note 3) In Gaelic 32 of 32
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