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CAPERCAILLIE: 'Skye Waulking Song'
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- 1DynamicsDynamics drop in v. 7, creating intimate vocal sound. Contrasted by full texture in v.8 making dynamics louder overall.
- 2Dynamicsgradually fades out at end
- 3Rhythm/Metre12/8, but ambiguous metre to begin with: hi-hat suggests 3/4 (simple)
bass in 12/8 (compound)
Bouzouki & Wurlitzer combined suggesting 6/8 (compound) - 4Rhythm/Metreat b.25, the sense of 12/8 is reinforced by bass drum/snare playing on each dotted crotchet beat
bass guitar also reinforces 12/8 - 5Structurestrophic verse structure (AAA) with a short refrain at the end of each verse
- 6StructureVocal line 'call and response' - alternates between 4 melodic phrases (each 1 bar). Call always in Gaelic & refrain (the response) in vocables.
- 7Melodyvocal melody uses small no. of notes, using the pentatonic scale - this creates a modal sound
- 8Melodynoticeably low in female alto's range (8vb)
- 9MelodyIn instrumental breaks, instrumentalists play short motifs and countermelodies mainly based on vocal phrases
- 10Instrumentation/Timbrecombination of folk & rock instruments, creating the genre 'folk fusion'
- 11Instrumentation/Timbresynth 'with modulation' = modulation effect applied making pitch fluctuate slightly
- 12Instrumentation/Timbreviolin:
tremolo effect at beginning in background
1st break, plays staccato A's
crush notes, less vibrato
-focuses mainly on effects - 13Texturein intro, there's a layered texture, with 2-part counterpoint between the Wurlitzer and Bouzouki
- 14Texture'NC' = no chords; acc. drops out, creating a monophonic texture for 1 bar
Acts as a link between opening section & next section, and prepares for change in chord pattern. - 15Harmony/TonalityE minor/G major - begins with an Em cluster chord
- 16Harmony/TonalitySounds modal - no use of B chord (dominant of Em) or D chord (when piece sounds like it's in Gmaj)
- 17Harmony/Tonalityin outro, it alternates between G and C chord - series of plagal cadences in Gmaj
- 18Harmony/Tonalityoverall, it is entirely diatonic
- 19Word setting/paintingthe words are in Gaelic in the verses, amd also use vocables (nonsense syllables) in the refrains
- 20Word setting/paintingset mainly syllabically - little melismatic writing
- 21Context-from album 'Nadurra'
-released in 2000
-other musicians: Jethro Tull
-other pieces by CC: Michael's Matches, Hope Springs Eternal
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- Edexcel GCSE Music flashcards for Capercaillie
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