Music Revision

General Points

- Scottish Band

- Gaelic Folk Music

- with elements of rock

- Celtic Rock

Instruments

- Both folk + rock instruments

- Rock instruments Include; Synthesizer, Piano, Bass guitar, drum kit

- Folk instruments Include: violin (fiddle), accordian, pipes and bouzouki

Texture

- A layered texture created through the following;

- A rhythmic pattern on drum kit

- A bass line on bass guitar

- Chords on synthesizer + accordian

- Counter melodies on the melody instruments

Structure

Phrase 1; Call (in Gaelic)

Refrain 1: Response (vocables)

Overal - Verse 1, Verse 2, coda

Melody

Piece in pentatonic

mainly syllabic 

Alterative between 1 bar phrases

Rhythm

Time signuture in 12/8

Syncopated in vocal and instrumental lines

use of cross rhythms 

Harmony

In the key G Major

G, Eminor, C are the 3 main chords

it is modal free