Skye Waulking Song- Essay – Flashcards

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-Tonality only fully established at the end of the intro, just before singer enters. -Chord sequence= Em - G until full band enter and changes to C - G - Em - G. Gives the song a melancholy tone until full bad enters.
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Tonality: chord sequence
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After full band enters, whole song is predominantly uses major chords giving a more uplifting feeling.
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Tonality: generally
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Dotted rhythms throughout give a lilting feel (reflects the process of waulking)
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Rhythm: dotted
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In the instrumental, emphasis put on 2nd and 5th notes of a bar to keep rhythmic interest.
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Rhythm: instrumental
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Vocals hold main melody, moves in steps although has a wide range in pitch, sometimes going into quite low alto notes- unusual for a female singer.
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Melody: vocals
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When uillean pipes and accordian take over the melody, differ from vocals: -taking wider steps between notes -using Fsharp of Gmajor key which vocal melody avoided
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Melody: instruments
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Wordsetting is for the most part syllabic: one syllable per note.
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Word setting: syllabic
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Nonesense syllables are often melismatic: many notes to a syllable
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Word setting: melismatic
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Structure's roots in trad. Celtic folk music: no official chorus because of superstition that it was unlucky to repeat a whole line.
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Structure: Celtic folk music
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Western influence can be seen: -some verses treated like chorus, e.g verse 4 where whole band suddenly come in and backing vocals added. -instrumental section 3/4 of the way in where uillean pipes and accordian play melodic solos reminiscent of a guitar solo.
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Structure: Western influence
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