Irish Music
Name one dance tune in 4/4 time
What is the largest string instrument in the orchestra
Double bass
Name one Jazz performer?
Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis
Property Rights
What is tempo?
Lament, Aisling, Lullaby, love song, drinking, working, patriotic.
Name the four families in the orchestra
string, woodwind, brass, percussion.
What is the texture of Jazz music?
Polyphonic Texture
What is paid to an artist when someone else uses their work with permission?
Royalities.
What is articulation?
Refers to the different ways that notes can be played.
What instrument is known as "the box"
Button Accordian
Who is in control of an orchestra
a conductor
What instruments are most common in jazz music?
Saxophone, piano, snare drum, trumpet, trombone.
What does sampling mean?
Give two rhythmic features
Repeated crotchets etc, ostinato.
What instrument can be played using a chanter?
Uilleann Pipes
What are the only two instruments in the percussion family that are untuned?
The triangle and cymbals
Where did jazz music originated?
New Orleans
Write your name on it.
repeated notes, ostinato, sequence.
Name one Irish music performer
Sharon Shannon, Louise Mulcahly, Barney McKenna
What instrument has the highest pitch in the orchestra
piccolo
Give three features of Jazz Music?
Call and response, syncopation, rag-time, improvisation, swing rhythm.
IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation)
Definition of timbre?
How an instrument sounds - e.g. bright, dark.