Scottish Instrumental Week

Starter Activity

Write down as many words as you can to describe Scottish music?

What make music soundScottish?

This week’s Concepts...Musical Instruments/Groups: Accordion ,

Fiddle, Bagpipes, Scottish Dance Band, Folk Group, Clarsach, Bodhran

Scottish Dances and Forms: March, Reel, Waltz, Jig, Strathspey , Ternary (ABA), Binary (AB), Pibroch

Features of Scottish Music: Question and Answer, Drone, Vamp, Scotch Snap, Dotted Rhythms, Simple Time, Compound Time.

Traditional Scottish Instruments Accordion

Bagpipes

Bodhran

FiddleClarsach

Pibroch

Music for solo bagpipe, in theme and variation form,

and usually has grace notes.

Often features a drone

Drone

One note held on or repeated in the

bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i2brqPhAsQ&list=PL6vgMRqnyCR4XNBsF1ZO-qVCvTwSsA1Xk

Traditional Scottish Groups Folk Group

A group of two or more musicians who perform music in a traditional style, usually accompanied by guitars.

Scottish Dance Band

A band which plays Scottish music for people

to dance to.

Instruments used are usually fiddle, accordion, piano, guitar and drums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGVFJqSqqg&list=PLFF0040BBFD050EFE

Scottish Dances March

Music with a strong steady pulse with two or four beats in a bar.

Reel

A lively dance with a fast tempo in simple time.

Reels are often in Binary Form

AB sections

Waltz

A dance with three beats in a bar in simple

time. Tempo can be either slow or fast.

Simple TimeThe music has two,

three or four beats in each bar, and each beat is a crotchet.

Scottish Dances

Jig

A lively dance with a fairly fast tempo (Allegro)

Is written in compound time.

Hint! Try saying ‘jiggedy jiggedy’ or ‘strawberry strawberry’ with the music to decide if you are listening to a Jig.

Compound Time

The beat is divided into groups of three. Each Beat is a quaver beat.

Scottish Dances

Strathspey

A Scottish dance with four beats in a bar (simple time)

and usually featuring the Scotch snap.

Usually has a steady tempo.

Scotch Snap

A very short accented note

before a longer. note

Dotted Rhythm

A long note followed by a shorter one or a short note followed by a longer one, as in a Scotch snap.

Features of Scottish Music Vamp

A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the beat and a chord off the beat. Usually played on piano or guitar.

Question and Answer

An opening phrase which is followed by an

answer phrase.

Vamp

Activity

As you listen to the example of the vamp, decide which dance

you are listening to?

ActivityIdentify the Scottish Dances using the

informationgiving about them.

1. Question 1 (play after 50 secs with drums)

2 Question 2 (First section only)

3. Question 34. Question 4 5. Question 5

ActivityIdentify the Scottish Dances using the

informationgiving about them.

1. March 2. Strathspey3.Reel 4.Waltz5. Jig