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Concertina
(button aerophone) |
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Bouzouki
(origianally from Greece,
4 pairs of strings
sounds like a "thin" guitar) |
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Bodhran
(membranophone
originally a waitress tray
played with short double-ended stick) |
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Harp
(National symbol of Ireland) |
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Uilleann Pipes
(4 parts: Chanter, drones
regulators, bellows) |
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A fast 2-beat dance with 4 equal divisions per beat.
The most common Irish tune style |
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| Lilting 2-beat (6/8 meter), perhaps the most "Stereo-typical" Irish sound |
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| Slow or very slow, often without pulse. Often a single voice or instrument. |
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| a traditional Irish song, often sung in Gaelic. Usually tells long stories |
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| What are the four common themes of Irish lyrics? |
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| Emigration, Nationalism, Love, the "Drink!" |
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| What are the three common roles for instruments in Irish music? |
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| Melodic, Harmonic, Rhythmic |
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| Irish vocal tradition of singing nonsense syllables |
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| (Concept) Irish ideas about music |
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| (from lecture, ideas such as music is for everyone; it provides community/identity/hope; informal performances in pubs; integrated into working class life.) |
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| (CONCEPT) Irish musical traits |
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| (ideas from the lecture, such as most melodies are ornamented, it's melody driven, it's dance based even if not danced to, it's wildly popular from a global perspective) |
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| What is the most common place that music is performed now in Ireland? |
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| Where did music used to be performed, before the pubs took over? |
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| a small group of musicians "jamming" in a pub or home. No dancing |
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| music for dancing, often in large social events. |
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| 1847-1850, when millions of Irish died or left Ireland |
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