Skye Waulking Song Capercaillie

HARMONY/TONALITY
1. Cluster chord - notes all next to each other - opens the song
2. G major
3. Diatonic
4. 3 main chords G Em C
5. because the dominant chord is avoided, the music feels Modal
STRUCTURE
1. Call and Respose - 4 different phrases each lasting 1 bar
  1. Phrase 1 - Call in Gaellic - starts high
  2. Refrain 1 - response, vocables, starts mid range
  3. Phrase 2 - call in Gaellic, starts low
  4. Refrain 2 - response, vocables starts high
2. Intro
3. Verse 1
4. Verse 2
5. Instrumntal Break
  1. based on refrain 2
6. Coda
MELODY
1. Pentatonic - 5 note scale
2. low register for voice - notated with tenor clef, sounds octave lower than printed
3. Syllabic
4. Alternates between 1 bar call and reponse
  1. Call in Scots Gaellic
  2. response using vocables
5. Instrumentalists
  1. short melodies
  2. countermelodies
  3. based on vocal phrases
RHYTHMS
1. Syncopation in vocal melodies
2. Countermelodies instrumental
3. Cross-rhythms hi-hat at beginning, this changes when the full band enters to emphasise metre
METRE
1. 12/8
  1. Compound quadruple time
TEXTURE
1. Layered Texture
  1. Rhythmic Pattern
    1. Drum Kit
  2. Bass Line
    1. Bass Guitar
  3. Chords
    1. Synthesiser and Accordion
  4. Main Melody
    1. Vocals
  5. Counter melodies
    1. Violin, Wurlitzer Piano, Uillieann Pipes, Bouzouki
INSTRUMENTATION
1. 3 unusual instruments
  1. Wurlitzer piano (early electric piano
  2. Uillieann Pipes - like bagpipes but softer
  3. Bouzouki - lute from Greece

Resource summary

	Created by Miss Pearson over 10 years ago