Nat5 -Scottish

• What is a Scottish dance band?


  Scottish dance band is made up of the fiddle, the accordian, the drum kit and the piano.
• What is a folk group?


  A folk group also plays traditional music but it would have a singer.
• What is Celtic rock?


  Celtic rock are rock bands that with a traditional Scottish twist.
• What is a scotch snap?


  A scotch snap is a quick rythme found in a STRATHSPEY (du-duumm) it is one of the things that separates the strathspey from other types of songs.
• What is simple time?


  Simple time can be decided into two (cof-fee)
• What is compound time?


  Compound time can be divided into three (straw-ber-ry)
• What makes a March?


  It has a time signature of 2/4 or 4/4 with a steady tempo.
• What makes a strathspey?


  It has a time signature of 2/4 or 4/4 with a steady tempo. It also has the scotch snap in it which you need to listen out for.
• What makes a walts.


  It has a time signature of 3/4 with a slow tempo.
• What makes a reel?


  It has a time signature of 2/4 or 4/4 with a quite quick tempo.
• What makes a jig?


  It has a time signature of 6/8 or 12/8. It has a fast tempo and you can tell it apart because you can say strawberry to it.
• What is a Scots ballad?


  A Scots ballad tells the story of a historical event or love story. It has a steady pace and it's sometimes in Gaelic.
• What is a bothy ballad?


  Strong northern dialect sung by men. To identify, listen to words referring to farm life.
• What is a waulking song?


  The waulking song is sung by women while stretching tweed. Listen for the beat (which is them thumping on the table) it's sung in Gaelic.
• What is mouth music?


  Mouth music is when the voice is used to imitate bagpipes.
• What is the Gaelic psalm?


  It is unaccompanied, sung in Gaelic and started of by the leader. The congregation then join in when they want.
• What are bagpipes?


  Bagpipes are most likely to be associated with Scotland because of the unique drone sound that it can produce.
• What is the fiddle?


  It's a violin that plays Scottish music.
• What is the clarsach?


  It's a small Scottish harp.
• What is the bodhran?


  It's a Celtic drum played with a beater.
• What is the flute/tin whistle?


  It's usually heard on traditional dance bands or folk groups.
• What is a pibroch?


  It's written for solo bagpipes.
• What is a drone?


  It's a continuous long notes from bagpipes.
• What are ornaments?


  They are quick notes that are added to a melody for decoration.
• What is a vamp?


  It's the rhythmic accompaniment base note played on the beat and chord off the beat.