AoS 4

Question 1

What are the choruses in capercaillie?

Answer 1

Nonsense syllables/vocables

Question 2

How long are the verses in capercaillie?

Answer 2

Only 2 lines long

Question 3

How does capercaillie end?

Answer 3

With a fade out instrumental

Question 4

Name 7 instruments used in capercaillie

Answer 4

Euilean pipes
Fiddle
Acoustic guitar
Bazouki
Tin whistle
Drum kit
Electric guitar/bass

Question 5

What kind of phrasing does capercaillie use?

Answer 5

Balanced phrasing

Question 6

What time signature is capercaillie in and how does this make the piece feel?

Answer 6

12/8

Gives it a lilting feel

Question 7

What key is it in and when and what does it modulate to in capercaillie?

Answer 7

E minor

Modulated to G major for more uplifting sections e.g section 2

Question 8

What is the melody line based on in capercaillie?

Answer 8

Pentatonic scale

Question 9

What kind of rhythm is in the chorus line of capercaillie?

Answer 9

Scotch snap rhythm

Question 10

Name two techniques used in capercaillie

Answer 10

Cross rhythms

Syncopation

Question 11

What texture does capercaillie have?

Answer 11

Pipe solo = heterophonic

Question 12

What is the point of capercaillies Skye waulking song?

Answer 12

To motivate people to work

Question 13

What language is capercaillie sung in?

Answer 13

Gaelic

Question 14

What are the different sections of a rag desh?

Answer 14

Alap - opening section
Jhor - pulse
Jhalla - fast and lively, tabla join
Gat/Bandish - only a Bandish if someone is singing

Question 15

What scale is rag desh based on?

Answer 15

Raga scale

Question 16

Name three guitar techniques used in rag desh

Answer 16

Plucking
Slides/bends
Strumming

Question 17

What is used in the improvisation outside the gat sections of rag desh?

Answer 17

Micro intervals

Question 18

What’s different about the first version of rag desh?

Answer 18

Only one with a sitar
Tabla drums
Tanpura - drone

Question 19

What’s different about the second version of rag desh?

Answer 19

Sarangi and sarod are bowed not plucked

Only alap and Bandish

Question 20

What’s different about the third version of rag desh?

Answer 20

Bansuri - wooden flute
Esraj
Shruti box
Alap then 2 different gats

Question 21

How does yiri start?

Answer 21

Monophonic with a balafon solo

Question 22

How is the second balafon introduced into yiri?

Answer 22

In octaves

Question 23

When does yiri become polyphonic in texture?

Answer 23

When the djembe is introduced

Cross rhythms

Question 24

Name 4 instruments used in yiri

Answer 24

Balafon
Djembe
Talking drum
Dun dun

Question 25

Describe the drum rhythms in yiri

Answer 25

Accented syncopated drum rhythms

Question 26

What kind of structure is used in yiri?

Answer 26

Call and response | A solo caller is answered by the rest of the group

Question 27

How is the chorus performed in yiri?

Answer 27

In unison

Question 28

How does yiri end?

Answer 28

With the single ring of a cow bell

Question 29

What kind of structure is capercaillie?

Answer 29

Song structure

Question 30

What kind of tradition is Skye waulking song?

Answer 30

Oral tradition

Question 31

What technique does the fiddle use at the beginning of capercaillie?

Answer 31

Tremolo

Question 32

What is the name of the cross rhythms created by the tala in rag desh?

Answer 32

Bols

Question 33

What's the rapid scale flourishes on the sitar called in rag desh?

Answer 33

Tan

Question 34

What is the melodic line decorated with in the alap of rag desh?

Answer 34

Meend - sliding between notes

Question 35

What are the individual beats in a rhythmic cycle in rag desh called?

Answer 35

Matras

Question 36

Where is drum ostinati first heard in yiri?

Answer 36

Main section

Question 37

What kind of music is yiri?

Answer 37

Improvised