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

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