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Irish Dance
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GCSE Music (Dance Music) Mind Map on Irish Dance, created by lizzie.jesson on 05/04/2014.
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Irish Dance
CONTEXT
form of line dancing
Ireland
type of step dance
legs do the most of the work
as a pair or group
MUSIC
Strong, regular beat with accent on the first beat
Regular 8 or 16 bar phrases
Simple harmonies
Texture is heterophonic
several instruments play their own version of the melody at the same time
lively and upbeat
INSTRUMENTS
irish tin whistle
fiddle
Bodhran
IRISH JIG
compound time signature
6/8
9/8
12/8
main beat is 3 not 2
quite a quick tempo
REELS
4/4
even straight quavers
not dotted
accents on the 1st and 3rd bar
fast tempo
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