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Tritonal

low g to c

Timbre

quality of sound

old men and the shells

scallop shell used to drink whiskey

tail on note means

makes note shorter

two dots at end of bar means

repeat

how do you draw an eighth note

filled in, one leg and one tail

pentatonic scale

slave scale

what scale has six notes?

celtic scale

bagpipe scale has how many notes

nine

who wrote amazing grace

john newton

chanter reed looks like

bassoon

what is synthetic sheepskin?

gortex

mystery tune

lament for hugh


has tritonal

retreat=

return to quarters


"the green hills of tyrol"

mary mcleod buried face down why?

witchcraft-died at 103


skye poetess- superintendent of schools


dundegan castle loved bagpipes

reveille

get up!


Johnny Cope

kenneth mackay

played war or peace

who makes or repairs violins?

luthier

Strings on fiddle?

4

What is added to e string to prevent whistling

gold

what was henry torts contribution to violin?

standardized the bow

what musical family is violin?

String

What material is bow made from?

Horsehair--male

what technique enables fiddlers to play quickly

muscle memory

another name for sheep intestine?

catgut

grace notes on violin

shiver

how many types of scottish fiddling?

4

who banned fiddle in 19th century?

church of England

thom anderson played?

shetland

fingerboard on fiddle is made from?

ebony

neck on fiddle is made from?

maple

know names of notes on string fiddle?

g, d, a, e

fiddle is tuned in

perfect 5ths

earliest recorded scottish fiddler

niel gow

harp is instrument of

rebellion

what queen outlawed harp

elizabeth I

irish harp

trinity or brian boru harp

what king put irish harp on coins

henry VIII

turlough carolan

wrote hundreds of harp tunes and was blind


d 1738

reason for harp's decline

inability to play accidentals (sharps and flats)

pedal harp scale

chromatic

gothic harp another name?

renaissance

who saved harp music?

1792 edward bunting festival of harpers


10 people showed up he wrote down everything he could and released 3 collections



blind harper

ronald dall morrison

what is unique about highland dancing

balls of feet only

sword dance

bad luck to touch the swords with feet

highland fling

over body of vanquished enemy


specific finger movements like stag



targe

shield that the highland fling is danced on, spike sticking up

categories of dancing

highland, national, lesser known

Seann triubhas

old trousers

Irish jig

make fun of the irish

what tune for sword dance?

gilly callum

national dance

earl of errol

national dance costume

Aboyne

british army used for

stamina strength and agility

most famous scottish r&b group

average white band

lead singer of eurythmics

annie lennox

flautist in jethro tull

ian anderson

theme song lotr?

annie lennox- into the west

hard rock band- young brothers

ac/dc

highest paid dj

calvin harris

patrick moore mckinnon composed song for his son

lament for the only son

borriagg

where mckinnon's piping school is located

for your eyes only- who sang it?

sheena easton

Wanted to attend the biggest solo competition in inverness what's it called?

northern meeting

what city do you have to go to to compete in bratach gorm?

london



what type of women were not allowed to marry

delicate

who wrote a flame of wrath for squinting patrick?

donald moore



why did he squint?

hereditary eye condition

what was the purpose of the highland games

social event

what is the event when at highland games where the men toss telephone poles?

tossing the caber

what is structure of primary piobaireachd?

aab


abb


ab


example: the wee spree

secondary piobaireachd?

abcd


cbad


cd


example the big spree

colin campbell

170 tunes written out

Who was on Britain's got talent?

susan boyle

who was the first woman to compete in highland dancing competition?

Jenny Douglas

The first and last ( to date) native born American to win the Adult World Championship at Cowal Highland Gathering

Hugh Bigney

what are dancers judged upon?

timing, technique, deportment, hand and feet coordination, neatness, accuracy and feet position

what form of fiddling was influenced by bagpipes?

west coast

what does the queen's piper do every morning 9-915

plays beneath the queen's window

what is the word for a double echo in piobaireachd

?

Amen movement

d with e grace note