SCOTTISH MUSIC

THINGS I WILL COVER

• Mouth music
• Scots balled
• Vamp
• Drone
• Pentatonic scale

THINGS I WILL COVER

• Jig
• Dotted rhythms
• Scots snaps
• Strathepey
• Instruments and styles

MOUTH MUSIC

• Mouth music originated in edinburgh where it is usally sung/danced in ceilidhs
• It was found in 1988 it became more popular in 1990 with the band mouth music
• Mouth music in normally uncompanied songs in gaelic or nonsence words
• Gaelicnonsense words sung in imitation of the sound of bagpipes
• It in volves scat singing and words not in a dictionary

SCOTS BALAD

• Scots ballads are used to tell a story through scots language
• Examples of scots ballad are Loch Lomond and flower of Scotland
• Normally only one voice and one instrument
• The same music is repeated for each verse
• It Dates back to the 15th century

VAMP

• rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the beat
• And a chord off the beat ussally played with a piano.
• When you play it sounds like oompa

DRONE

• Drone stays the same the whole way through
• It is commonly played on the bagpipes
• Drone is the note that is repeated throughout a piece of music

PENTATONIC SCALE

• The easiest wayto find a scale is the black notes on a piano
• Its a scalewith 5 notes between each octave .

JIG

• A jig is a lively dance in 6/8
• It is a skipping dance
• Its found in folk music

DOTTED RHYTHM

• Rhythic accompanment with a bass note
• Played on the beat and a chord ofv the beat usally
• Played on piano

SCOTCH SNAP

• A very short accented note before a longer note

STRATHESPAY

• Strathspey is a dance with a bouncy rythms
• It is played in 4\4 time
• It is quite slow
• It can have scot snaps

MUSIC OF SCOTLAND

• Features of scottish music
• Instruments
• Melody and rhthm
• Scales
• Grace notes

INSRTUMENTS

BAGPIPES(PIPE BAND )

• Pipe bands
• pipe bands most commonly have pipes ,marching bass and snaredrum
• Bag pipes use Drones ,chanter and reed
• Styles of bagpipe music
• Pipe band and pibroch

FIDDLE AND ACCORDION

• Fiddle
• The fiddle is just a scottish word for violin
• Accordion
• The accordion is very much associated with scottish music

CLARSACH

• The clarsach is a scottish harp.
• It comes in a number of sizes
• Clarsach means small harp

BODHRAN

• The bodran is a irish wooden drum
• Held in one hand and played with a wooden beater
• It is often used in scottish folk music

MELODYS

SCOTTISH DANCES

• Scotland has a rich dance tradition and dancing requires music
• :Ceilidh dancing ,highland dancing ,country dancing,step dancing
• Most famous dances are march ,strathspey,reel,jig and waltz

WAULKING SONG

• Its aWorking song
• Listen for the 'thud thud'
• Call and response technique
• Singing in unison

BOTHY BALLAD

• Sung by men
• Tales of farming
• Often humorous
• Usually unaccompanied

SCOTS BALLAD

• Tells a story
• Handed down through mord-of-mouth
• Often through travelling people

GAELIC PSALM SINGING

• 'Eerie sound'
• Slow
• Congregation follows minister
• Singing in unison