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Capercaillie (Structure (Intro, Verse 1, Break 1, Verse 2, Verse 3, Verse…
Capercaillie
Background
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Fusion
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Capercaillie fuse Celtic folk with instruments and production of western popular music (electric instruments, riffs, rock rhythms)
Harmony and Tonality
Piece has a modal feel based around C, Em, G
Melody
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The ‘Waulking’ song tradition can be heard in the use of Vocables between each sung line and the repetition of each line of verse
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Instrumentation
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Flutes, whistle, uileann pipes
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Bouzouki, guitar, bodhran
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Rhythm and Metre
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By verse 4 it is very clear because the drum part is setting it. Before this the metre is quite ambiguous.
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Vocal has a ‘lilting’ rhythm (light buoyant, cheerful)
Texture
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Counter melody - An instrument provides another melody at the same time as vocals - verse 5: Accordion provides counter melodies to the vocal.
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