Scottish

Question 1

Name the 8 instruments that are traditionally used in scottish music?

Answer 1

Bagpipes
Accordion
Fiddle
Clarsach
Bodhran
Flute
Tin whistle
Low whistle

Question 2

Bagpipes

Answer 2

Have a unique drone and sound that it can produce, wind instrument, consists of: chanter- plays the melody, 3 drones- play constantly fixed harmonies, airbag, usually played solo
Types are ceol beag and ceol mor

Question 3

Accordion

Answer 3

Usually associated with Scottish dance bands
Right hand plays melody on button or piano finger board
Left hand operates bellow and plays a base chord pattern called a vamp

Question 4

Fiddle

Answer 4

Scottish violin
Often played slow
Accompanied by a piano vamp

Question 5

Clarsach

Answer 5

Small Celtic harp, similar to orchestral harp but smaller, tuned to one scale, used as solo instrument or in a folk group

Question 6

Bodhran

Answer 6

Drum used in Celtic music, held in left hand, played with beater in right hand

Question 7

Traditional flute

Answer 7

Made of ebony (African Blackwood) with 3 to 9 keys, held horizontally, sound produced by blowing across hole in head joint

Question 8

Tin whistle

Answer 8

Held vertically, sound made by blowing into mouthpiece or fipple, built with no keys only open holes, high piercing sounds

Question 9

Low whistle

Answer 9

Built and played same way but octave lower, sweeter gentle sound

Question 10

Scottish dance band

Answer 10

Big group of instruments which play traditional music for ceilidhs
No singer

Question 11

Folk group

Answer 11

Plays traditional music, includes singer, loads of instruments

Question 12

Pibroch

Answer 12

Piece of music for solo bag pipes consisting of a theme and variation

Question 13

Simple time

Answer 13

Each bat divided into half’s, time signature over 4

Question 14

Compound time

Answer 14

Each beat divided into 3, time signature over 8

Question 15

Scotch snap

Answer 15

A rhythm, semiquaver followed by a dotted quaver

Question 16

March

Answer 16

Steady tempo, simple time, time signature is 24 or 44

Question 17

Strathspey

Answer 17

Steady temp, simple time 24 or 44, features scotch snaps

Question 18

Waltz

Answer 18

Stead tempo, simple time, 34

Question 19

Reel

Answer 19

Quick tempo, simple time, 24 or 44, reely

Question 20

Jig

Answer 20

Jigging, quick tempo, compound time, 68 or 128

Question 21

Scottish songs

Answer 21

Relate to tragic events- loss of something, in Scot’s or Gaelic

Question 22

Scots ballad

Answer 22

Scot’s dialect
Steady tempo
Story of historical event or disaster, very long
Strophic form

Question 23

Bothy ballad

Answer 23

Sung in Scot’s dialect, upbeat tempo, traditionally sung by men and unaccompanied, sung by male farmer, humorous, about their bad living conditions

Question 24

Waulking songs

Answer 24

Gaelic
Unaccompanied
Call and response
Women sing as they damp tweed

Question 25

Mouth music

Answer 25

Sung in Gaelic, traditionally unaccompanied but can be accompanied nowadays, quick upbeat tempo, improvised, funny, Imitates bagpipes

Question 26

Gaelic psalms

Answer 26

Sung in Gaelic, unaccompanied, no beat/ pulse, hymns in churches

Question 27

Pentatonic scale

Answer 27

Only 5 notes used in an octave

Question 28

Different speeds in Italian

Answer 28

Slow- adagio
Medium- adante/ moderato
Fast- allegro

Question 29

Piano vamp

Answer 29

Repeated musical phrase
Usually used as an accompaniment

Question 30

Ceol beag

Answer 30

Light music
Includes styles like march, strathspey, reel, waltz, jig

Question 31

Ceol mor

Answer 31

Also known as a pibroch
Very slow
Generally played by a solo piper
Melody has grace notes
Main melody repeated several times with elaborate variations

Question 32

Melody

Answer 32

Main tune

Question 33

Grace notes

Answer 33

Short, crushed notes played immediately before the main note of the melody

Question 34

Strophic form

Answer 34

All verses sung/played to same music

Question 35

Celtic rock

Answer 35

Gaelic and rock music fused
Electric guitar, based guitar, drum kit played with acoustic Scottish folk instruments