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‘Skye waulking song’ by C apercaille

‘Skye waulking song’ by C apercaille. GCSE MUSIC Area of Study 4 (World Music). WHAT IS FUSION?. Two or more musical styles mixed together. FOLK MUSIC. Folk music is found in every region across the world . It reflects local traditions, life and myths .

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‘Skye waulking song’ by C apercaille

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  1. ‘Skye waulking song’ by Capercaille GCSE MUSIC Area of Study 4 (World Music)

  2. WHAT IS FUSION? • Two or more musical styles mixed together

  3. FOLK MUSIC • Folk music is found in every region across the world. • It reflects local traditions, life and myths . • Music was generally performed by the ‘lower classes’ of society and passed on by oral tradition (by word of mouth) and is rarely notated. • Lots of Celtic folk music comes from Scotland & Ireland. • Folk tunes are fairly simple so they can be easily remembered and played by untrained musicians. • The tunes are based on pentatonic scales (using only 5 notes) or modes (very old types of scales) • Due to the scales, there are no semitones so the melodies are easy to sing and harmonise with (no clashes)

  4. Skye Waulking Song • Performed and composed by a band called ‘Capercaillie’ from Scotland. • They are a Fusion Band – fusing Celtic folk + western popular music • This song is from their album ‘Nadurra’ released in 2000. • The song is sung in Scots Gaelic. • It is a work song –‘Waulking’ is a stage of cloth making, traditionally done by women pounding & trampling on tweed cloth. It would last for at least an hour, with 1 woman singing the verses & the rest joining in for the choruses. • Title translation: ‘My father sent me to a house of Sorrow’

  5. Bodhrán Uilleann pipes Accordion Bouzouki Instruments used • Accordion, Piano & synthesiser • Flutes, Whistle & Uilleann pipes • Vocals • Acoustic & electric bass • Fiddle (folk style violin) • Bouzouki • Bodhrán • Drums • Percussion

  6. Important points… • The melody is based on a pentatonic scale in E minor. • It modulates to G Major (the relative) • The time signature is unclear at the beginning between 6/8 or 12/8 (2 or 4 strong beats per bar) The percussion give a feel of 3/4. • A mix of traditional and popular instruments are used – all within their middle range. • It has polyphonic texture • It has a strophic structure , with the melody the same for each verse. • Only 4 different chords used. E min, G, C & A min9

  7. The Lyrics • It is sung in Scots Gaelic • Each verse has 1 line of lyrics then an ‘insert’ – words which make no sense! followed by a line of lyrics and another ‘insert’. • These inserts would have been when everybody joined in. • The lyrics are taken from a 13th Century lament, about a girl who is unhappy with an arranged marriage for her.

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