World Music History Week 2

• Timbre--vibrato, nasal, round, straight tone, bright, dark, etc.

• Dynamics--loud, soft, swelling, p, mf, f, etc.

• Pitch--fundamental--bass note, intervals, range, scale/mode

• Melody--conjunct, disjunct, ornaments, phrasing

• Harmony--consonant, dissonant

• Time & Form--pulse, rhythm, tempo, meter, accent, syncopation

• Texture--monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic, heterophonic

​Mahillon’s scheme from Conservatoire royal de musique de Bruxelles was published in 1880

​"wissenschaftshistorischen Entstehungszusammenhängen"

Membrane (head) vibrates to create sound.
Usually animal skin or synthetic materials
Hands, mallets, sticks

membranophones

body vibrates not just membrane
symbals, gongs, rattles,
struck, shaken, scraped, plucked

Idiophones

string vibration creates sound
plucked, bowed, strung
can include piano or keyboard instruments

Chordophones

Vibrating air: woodwinds, brass, other flutes, other reed instruments
Harmonium: bellows, pumps

Aerophones

​​Zampoña

Created through electronic means

Electronic

​We can discuss these in terms of their traditional description in conjunction with use as a modern instrument

​​Hybrids

Where: Ireland & Scotland

When: Traditional--This is generally music that is created in a common manner, has continued from the time of its production right down to the present day, is popular and frequently played and recited in its region and by local people, and is frequently anonymous.

​Celtic Nation

​Republic of Turkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism. "Traditional/Local Music." https://www.ktb.gov.tr/EN-98640/traditionallocal-music.html#:~:text=The%20Concept%20of%20Traditional%20Music,people%2C%20and%20is%20usually%20anonymous.

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Have a nice day. Happy teaching!

Food & Feasting

​-Written into the law "Behon Law"
..."oigidecht (hospitality), food, drink, bed, entertainment."
https://beanfeasa9.wordpress.com/irish-traditions/#:~:text=In%20Celtic%20times%20in%20Ireland,%2C%20a%20bed%2C%20and%20entertainment.

Lavish Hospitality

​"...craic agnus ceol..." music and good times
-Ceilis
-Feiles
-Fleadh's
Oul Lammas Fair in Co. Antrim and Puck Fair in Co. Kerry

Festivals

6/8 Time (feels like 3 big beats)
Flute, Fiddle, Tin Whistle, Low Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, Accordion, Concertina, Bodhrán, Harp

Known for hopping/jumping.
Weddings/Celebrations​

Irish Jig

Similiar to jig but in 2/4 time
Similiar instruments to jig--some consider to be a "basic" or "beginner" dance.

Irish Reel

Melodian--diatonic accordian

​Bagpipe--diatonic with drone

Mandolin--played without a pick

Concertina

Hammer Dulcimer

Bodhran

​​Irish Fiddle

Irish Flute

​​Irish Whistle

​​Uillean Pipes

Harp

​​Bouzouki

​https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QU4f-BEkOnc

Graceful, light, hopping, sliding, skipping
Usually only daced by female dancers
6/8 or 9/8 time
Referenced as far back as ancient Ireland

Sliabh Luachra--https://rushymountain.com/
Traced back in Scotland to 1750s
Both men and women dance this
High energy, rapid, light
Women use soft shoes; Men use hard shoes

4/4 tempo w/1st beat being accented ​

​Sliabh Luachra
Introduced into the country in the 19th century
AABB
Fast w/accents on offbeat

Polka 2/4

First mention: Henry VIII
Introduced into country around 18th century
Dancing Masters who traveled--French dance etiquette

​​Hornpipe 4/4

from Southwest Ireland
in 4/4 but slower
Pairs & Paired motives
Obscure or delay main beat

Slide

"Way of life"
Daily Routine, Work, Play
Expression of thoughts and emotions
Gaeltachtai of Munster, Connacht, Ulster
Text connected to interpretation of melody
Unaccompanied
Story-Oral History

Seon-nós

​https://songsinirish.com/?song=eleanor-a-run-lyrics

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v6mhTBL2yc

https://comhaltas.ie/music/treoir/detail/amhranaiocht_ar_an_sean_nos/
https://nationalinventoryich.tcagsm.gov.ie/irish-traditional-music/