A4 - Skye Waulking Song

Background Info
1. Released 2000
2. Album: Nadurra
3. Fusion
4. Waulking
Instrumentation & Texture
1. Folk Instruments
  1. Uilleann Pipes
  2. Bouzouki
  3. Wurlitzer
  4. Accordion
  5. Whistle
  6. Bongos
  7. Congas
  8. Violin / Fiddle (Plays Tremelo)
2. Pop Instruments
  1. Bass Guitar
  2. Drum Kit
  3. (Guitar)
  4. Piano
3. Vocals
  1. Gaelic
4. Texture
  1. Rhythmic pattern on drums
  2. Bass Line
  3. Chords on synth and accordion
  4. Main vocal melody
  5. Countermelodies on other instruments
  6. Heterophonic in instrumental
Structure
1. Vocal Line
  1. Call & Response
    1. Phrase 1, Refrain 1, Phrase 2, Refrain 2
2. Overall Structure
  1. Introduction (instrumental)
    1. Verse 1 (Voice + Accompaniment)
      1. Verse 2 - As before + instrumental
        Coda
Melody
1. Pentatonic Scale
2. Uses lower register of voice
3. Notated in vocal tenor clef
4. Syllabic
5. Use of vocables (Nonsense Syllables)
Harmony
1. G Major
2. Diatonic
3. 3 Main Chords G, Em, C
4. Dominant (D) is avoided, giving modal feel
5. First Section Em
Rhythm & Metre
1. 12/8
2. Syncopation
3. Hi-Hat creates cross rhythms at the start
  1. Then emphasises 12/8

Resource summary

	Created by james.aleksic over 10 years ago