Re-do Study exam 2 (Encountering a world of music) Ireland + Spain

Ballard

A storytelling song

Binary form

Music with two parts (A + B)

Bouzouki

A string instrument from Greece, used in Irish music.

“Come all ye” song 

Sing-along song with an easy chorus 

Emigration

Leaving your country to live elsewhere (common in Irish history)

Free Rythm

music without a steady beat.

Gaelic

The Irish language

Jig (in 6!)

Dance tune in fast 3 + 3 beat ( 6/8)

Oral transmission

Learning music by ear not reading

Ornamentation 

Fancy notes added to decorate a tune. 

Pub

Irish Bar, but more community + live music than an American bar

Reel (in 2 or 4)

Dance tune in fast 4-beat rhythm

Sean-nos

Old style unaccompanied Irish singing

Session

Musicians gather casually to play trad tunes

Set Dance 

Group dance with repeating patterns 

Step Dance 

Solo/virtuosic performance, fancy footwork ( Ex: Riverdance)

Trad

Short for Irish traditional music

Uilleann pipes

Irish bagpipes, played with elbows, softer than Scottish pipes.

Acculturation

Blending two cultures when they meet

Andalusia

Region in southern Spain, birthplace of flamenco

Andalusian cadence

Common Chord pattern (Am-G-F-E)

Andalusian mode 

Scale that sounds like flamenco, similar to Phrygian. 

Cafe-cantates

19th-centurny cafes where flamenco was performed professionally.

Cante flamenco

The singing in flamenco ( deep, emotional)

Compas

The rhythmic cycle/pattern in flamenco

Fingerpicking (guitar)

Plucking strings with fingers instead of strumming.

Flamenco

Music/dance tradition from southern Spain, linked to Roma/gitano .

Flamenco nuevo

Modern flamenco style (adds jazz, rock, world music).

Gitano

Spanish word for Roma people (often credited with flamenco).

Melisma

Singing many notes on one syllable.

Ópera flamenca

Popular 20th-century flamenco stage style (more commercial).

Palmeros

Handclap performers in flamenco.

Phrygian mode

Scale with a Spanish/Moorish sound (E-F-G)

Polyrhythm

Two or more rhythms happening at once.

Roma

Ethnic group (sometimes called Gypsies) that helped shape flamenco.

Strumming (guitar)

Sweeping fingers across strings

Vocables

Nonsense syllables in singing (e.g., “la la la”)

Cante Jondo (deep song)

emotional, melismatic solo voice.