Capercaillie - Sky Waulking Song

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When did Capercaillie compose Sky Waulking Song?
2000
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What was the name of the album?
Nadurra
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When was the album Nadurra released?
26th September 2000
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What genre of music is Sky Waulking song?
Folk fusion (folk and pop) However it is known as British folk music.
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What language is Capercaillie sung in?
Scots Gaelic but uses vocables
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What are the typical features of British folk music?
1) Use of mainly acoustic instruments, with little use of electric instruments.
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Typical features of pop music?
Use of electronic instrumentation.
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What is the time signature of this piece?
12/8
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The shaker and the hi-hat play every two beats giving the rhythm a ______ feel.
triple
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Vocal parts have a characteristics ________ / _______
lilting rhythm
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In verse _ and ______________ the accordion emphasises the 2nd and 5th beats
1) 5 and 2) instrumental
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What is the structure of the piece?
Intro - Verse 1 - Break - Verse 2 - Verse 3 - Verse 4 - Verse 5 - Verse 6 - Instrumental - Verse 7 - Verse 8 - Outro
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What instruments are used?
Accordion, Piano, Synthesiser, Flutes, whistle, uilleann pipes, Vocals, acoustic and electric bass, fiddle, bouzouki, guitar, bodhran, drums and percussion
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What is the tempo of this piece?
Slow and calm
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The vocal part is sung using the scale of _ / _____ / __________ ( or G major pentatonic) throughout
E minor pentatontic
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Uses _ / ____ / ___________ in the melody
E minor pentatonic
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The harmony is very simple using ______ / _______ in the whole song
Four chords
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What chords are used in the intro?
Em, G
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What chords are used in verse 4?
C, G, Em, G
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What chords are used in verse 7?
Am7, Em, Em, G (only for one verse.)
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The chord pattern returns to normal in verse 8 this is?
C, G, Em, C
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What are the chords in the outro?
C, G
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What texture is used when the electric piano and the bouzouki are played in the intro?
Counterpoint
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Accordion plays __________________ to the vocals in verse 5
countermelodies
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What texture is used in the instrumental between the uilleann pipes and the fiddle?
Heterophonic texture
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Last line of verse 3 is _______________
Unaccompanied
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The dynamics build with the textures of the song _________ considerably in _______ / _ leaving room for ______ / _______ / _________
1) dropping 2) Verse 7 3) Intimate vocal sounds
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A long ____ / ___ brings the song to an end
fade out
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What scale is used?
E minor pentatonic scale
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Melodic lines are played in the folk style instruments _______ around a melody
Improvise
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The 'waulking' song tradition can be heard in the use of ___________ between each sung line and the repetition of each line of verse
Vocables
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What is the articulation / ornamentation used in this piece?
1) Use of vocables 2) Fiddle starts with a tremolo note 3) In Gaelic
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