Sara Halberg

THREE MAJOR TYPES

•Vocal

•Instrumental

•Dance

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•Entertainment for social gatherings

**Religious Struggles

**Political Struggles

•Uilleann pipes

•Harp

•Bodhran

•Fiddle

•Concertina

•Tin whistle

•Flute

•Plucked instruments

•Piano, electric instruments

•AABB

•8 measure section A, 8 measure section B

•Section B- higher range

•After 32 measures, switch to similar form and rhythm, but different melody

•Embellish to make own

Jig- triple feel

Reel- duple feel

Hornpipe- slower reel

Polka- couple dance

Waltz- ballroom style

•Feis Ceoil•Fleadh Cheoil

•Prestigious, but social•Changed approach

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~•Week-long music/dance school

•Ages 6-60•All instruments

•Vacation and social gathering

INFORMAL ACTIVITY, NOT A PROFESSIONAL ONE

TWO MAJOR TYPES

•Dance

•Instrumental

Rehearsed performances

Puppetry

Khon- masked w/ chorus

Lakhon- less facial masks, graceful

Likay- opera-like w/ orchestra

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Social gatherings

Vary among region

•Most originally from India

•50+ percussion

•Most ensembles- khwang wong and/or khong won

•Ta-phon

•Drums- Thon, klong khaek, khlong marigan

•Cymbals- ching, chap lek, khong rao, mong

•Flutes

•Plucked instruments

•Bowed instruments

•Nonharmonic

•Divisions based on percussion

•Disorganized feel- duple and triple

•Common folksongs- nature, spirits

•No written notation system = all folksongs

•Lullabies

Instruments

•Bagpipes, harp, flutes, one drum

•Mostly percussion w/ 1-2 pitched instruments

Form

•Jig, reel, hornpipe, polka, waltz

•Duple, triple time together

•Osmosis/ Folksongs

•Melodic vs. harmonic

•Dancing