Area of study 4

Area of study 4

1. Skye Waulking song

   • By Capercaillie
     • Celtic fusion
     • Album 'Nadurra'
       • Released in 2000
   • Instrumentation and texture
     • Layered texture
     • Drum kit
       • Rhythmic patterns
     • Bass guitar
       • Bass line
     • Synthesiser and Accordion
       • Chords
     • Voice
       • Main melody
     • Violin
       • Counter melodies
     • Wurlitzer piano
       • Electric piano
       • Counter melody
     • Uilleann pipes
       • Like bagpipes
       • Counter melody
     • Bouzouki
       • Type if Greece Lute
       • Counter melody
   • Structure
     • Four different phrases
       • Phrase 1 (call)
         • Gaelic starts: high D
       • Refrain 1 (response)
         • Vocables starts: mid B
       • Phrase 2 (call)
         • Gaelic starts: low D
       • Refrain 2 (Response)
         • Vocables starts: high E
     • 1. Into and instrumental after this voice enters
     • 2. Verse 1: Voice and accompaniment
     • 3. Verse 2: Voice and accompaniment with instrumental break
     • 4. Coda: short vocal phrases echo and fade out
   • Melody
     • Pentatonic
     • Low register of voice
     • Syllabic
     • One bar phrases
   • Rhythm and metre
     • 12/8
     • Syncopation
     • Counter melodies
     • Cross rhythms in Hi Hat
   • Harmony
     • G major (diatonic)
     • Chords used: G Em C
     • Modal no dominant chord

2. Rag Desh

3. Yiri

   • African music
     • Burkina faso
     • Features
       • Repetition
       • Improvisation
       • Call and response
       • Layered textures
   • By Koko
   • Instrumentation
     • Balafon
       • Similar to a xylophone
     • Djembe
       • Drum played with hands
     • Talking drum
       • Hooked stick
     • Vocals
   • Structure
     • 1. short intro on Balafon
     • 2. main section
       • Drum ostinato
       • Balafon solos and choruses
       • Vocal solo and C+R
     • 3. Coda
       • Balafon phrase 5 times
       • Rests in drum ostinato
       • Bell at end
   • Melody, harmony and tonality
     • G flat Major
       • Hexatonic
         • Six note scale without the F
     • Balafon's patterns fall form high to low
     • Emphasise G flat and D flat
     • Unison
       • Chorus has falling patterns
   • Rhythm, metre and tempo
     • Mainly 4/4
     • Steady pulse
     • Syncopation
     • Triplets
   • Texture and dynamics
     • Layered
     • Monophonic at start
     • Little dynamic variation
     • Heterophonic