Listening to Traditional Irish Music
- Features
Unaccompanied - Ornamentation
- Modal
- Traditional Instruments
- Free rhythm in songs and slow airs
- Dance rhythms
- Repeated last note
- Solo
- Simple structures
- Variation from performance to performance
Sample Questions in the Listening section of the exam.
1. Name the instrument(s) playing the melody and accompaniment
2. List 3 features of Irish music heard in the excerpt
3. Name the Dance type and key signature-mainly reel, jig and hornpipe.
4. Write out the rhythm of one bar of the dances
5. Outline the form (structure) of the excerpt(using letters)
Fusion (mixture)of styles.
Classical: Instruments, Harmony, Texture, Structures, Dynamics.
Rock/Pop: Instruments, Back-beat, Guitar techniques and sounds, Studio effects, Technology
Jazz: Instruments, swing, syncopation,
Other folk music: Instruments, changing time signatures, irregular time signatures.
African: Instruments, Rhythm, syncopation, Call and answer.
Sample Questions
1. Outline features of Irish music and 3 non-Irish features heard in the excerpt.
2. Describe this excerpt in relation to style(s)