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11 Cards in this Set
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When was is composed? |
2000 |
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What style of music is it? |
Celtic fusion |
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Key? |
G major |
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Metre? |
12/8 |
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Structure? |
Strophic form (many verses but no chorus) 1st Section: Intro, Verse 1, Break, Verse 2-3 2nd Section: Verse 4-6, Instrumental, Verse 7-8, Outro |
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Instrumentation? |
- Lead vocals and backing vocals - Drum kit - Synthesisers - Wurlitzer piano - Electric, acoustic and bass guitar - Fiddle - Bouzouki - Accordion - Uilleann pipes |
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Melody? |
- Vocal melody uses pentatonic scale (E minor) - Instruments play around their middle ranges - Vocal melody is in mid-high range - Vocal line uses vocables and Gaelic language - Mostly syllabic |
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Rhythm? |
- Syncopation - Scotch snaps (lombardic rhythms) used (short note then long note) - Hi-hat at the start creates cross rhythms - Polyrhythmic |
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Harmony and Tonality? |
- G major - Cluster chord at the start - 1st section in E minor, uses chords Em and G - 2nd section in G major, uses chord sequence C, G, Em and G - Completely diatonic |
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Texture? |
- Mainly homophonic - Heterophonic in instrumental between fiddle and uilleann pipes |
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Dynamics? |
- 1st section is soft - 2nd section is louder (except Verse 7) |
