Listening to trad
Features of Traditional Irish Music
Unaccompanied
Ornamentation
Traditional instruments
Free rhythm OR dance rhythm
Traditional instruments
Repeated last note.
Modal
Regular 8-bar "parts" in Dances
Typical Questions from the Listening paper
1. Name the instrument(s) playing the melody and accompaniment
2. List 3 features of Irish music heard in the excerpt
3. Name the Dance type and key signature-mainly reel, jig, slip-jig, hornpipe and possibly polka
4. Write out the rhythm of one bar of the dances
5. Outline the form (structure) of the excerpt(using letters)
Fusion of styles.
Classical: Instruments, Harmony, Texture, Structures, Dynamics.
Rock/Pop: Instruments, Back-beat, Guitar techniques and sounds, Studio effects, Technology
Jazz: Instruments, swing, syncopation,
Other folk music: Instruments, changing time signatures, irregular time signatures.
African: Instruments, Rhythm, syncopation, Call and answer.
Sample Questions.
1. Outline features of Irish music and 3 non-Irish features heard in the excerpt.
2. Describe this excerpt in relation to style(s)
Unaccompanied
Ornamentation
Traditional instruments
Free rhythm OR dance rhythm
Traditional instruments
Repeated last note.
Modal
Regular 8-bar "parts" in Dances
Typical Questions from the Listening paper
1. Name the instrument(s) playing the melody and accompaniment
2. List 3 features of Irish music heard in the excerpt
3. Name the Dance type and key signature-mainly reel, jig, slip-jig, hornpipe and possibly polka
4. Write out the rhythm of one bar of the dances
5. Outline the form (structure) of the excerpt(using letters)
Fusion of styles.
Classical: Instruments, Harmony, Texture, Structures, Dynamics.
Rock/Pop: Instruments, Back-beat, Guitar techniques and sounds, Studio effects, Technology
Jazz: Instruments, swing, syncopation,
Other folk music: Instruments, changing time signatures, irregular time signatures.
African: Instruments, Rhythm, syncopation, Call and answer.
Sample Questions.
1. Outline features of Irish music and 3 non-Irish features heard in the excerpt.
2. Describe this excerpt in relation to style(s)
Solo whistle which is unaccompanied, with ornamentation and dance rhythm.
Sean Nós singing which is unaccompanied, with ornamentation and free rhythm
Solo Harp featuring Dance rhythms and ornamentation, but also notice the accompaniment (bass note and chords) and syncopation throughout which are not Irish features.