Transcript Scottish Instrumental Week - Duncanrig Secondary School Faculty

Starter Activity
Write down as many words as you can to describe
Scottish music?
This week’s Concepts...
 Musical Instruments/Groups: Accordion , Fiddle,
Bagpipes, Scottish Dance Band, Folk Group, Clarsach,
Bodhran
 Scottish Dances and Forms: March, Reel, Waltz, Jig,
Strathspey , Ternary (ABA), Binary (AB), Pibroch
 Features of Scottish Music: Question and Answer,
Drone, Vamp, Scotch Snap, Dotted Rhythms, Simple
Time, Compound Time.
Traditional Scottish Instruments
Pibroch
Music for solo bagpipe, in theme
and variation form, and usually
has grace notes.
Often features a drone
Drone
One note held on or
repeated in the bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i2brqPhAsQ&list=PL6vgMRqnyCR4XN
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Traditional Scottish Groups
Folk Group
A group of two or more
musicians who perform
music in a traditional
style, usually
accompanied by guitars.
Scottish Dance Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGVFJqS
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A band which plays Scottish
music for people to dance to.
Instruments used are usually
fiddle, accordion, piano, guitar
and drums.
Scottish Dances
March
Music with a strong
steady pulse with
two or four beats
in a bar.
Reel
A lively dance with a
fast tempo in simple
time.
Reels are often in
Binary Form
AB sections
Waltz
A dance with three beats in
a bar in simple time. Tempo
can be either slow or fast.
Simple Time
The music has two, three or
four beats in each bar, and
each beat is a crotchet.
Scottish Dances
Jig
A lively dance with a fairly fast
tempo (Allegro)
Is written in compound time.
Hint!
Try saying ‘jiggedy jiggedy’ or
‘strawberry strawberry’ with
the music to decide if you are
listening to a Jig.
Compound Time
The beat is divided into
groups of three. Each Beat is
a quaver beat.
Scottish Dances
Strathspey
Scotch Snap
A Scottish dance with four beats in a
bar (simple time) and usually
featuring the Scotch snap.
A very short accented
note before a longer.
note
Usually has a steady tempo.
Dotted Rhythm
A long note followed by a shorter
one or a short note followed by a
longer one, as in a Scotch snap.
Features of Scottish Music
Vamp
A rhythmic
accompaniment with a
bass note played on the
beat and a chord off the
beat. Usually played on
piano or guitar.
Question and Answer
An opening phrase which is
followed by an answer
phrase.
Activity
As you listen to the example of the
vamp, decide which dance you are
listening to?
Vamp
Activity
Identify the Scottish Dances using the information
giving about them.
 1. Question 1
(play after 50 secs with drums)
 2 Question 2
(First section only)
 3. Question 3
 4. Question 4
 5. Question 5
Activity
Identify the Scottish Dances using the information
giving about them.
 1. March
 2. Strathspey
 3.Reel
 4.Waltz
 5. Jig