Wintermark music
(→Our sources: Swedish fiddle) |
(→How to adapt your repertoire: Link) |
||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
===How to adapt your repertoire=== | ===How to adapt your repertoire=== | ||
* Whether singing or playing, get people to join in with a long low drone or untuned drums. | * Whether singing or playing, get people to join in with a long low drone or untuned drums. | ||
* When playing from your folk tune repertoire, flatten all your 7ths (turning the major scale into the mixolydian mode). | * When playing from your folk tune repertoire, flatten all your 7ths (turning the major scale into the mixolydian mode). Here is a search for [http://abcnotation.com/searchTunes?q=Mixolydian&f=c&o=a&s=0 mixolydian mode tunes] | ||
* Sing in a raw style and emphasise the story behind the song. | * Sing in a raw style and emphasise the story behind the song. | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 13 June 2012
The Music of Wintermark
Style summary
Alliterative poetry and and heroic saga songs spoken or chanted, scraping fiddles, breathy pipes, and low drones. Themes of winter, seasons, mythical creatures, tales of hardship, dark wit, and of course riddles!
Commonly known songs
Pick a few examples from the list below to specifically promote as well-known within that nation. Provide lyrics and score/chords. Preferably in a range of difficulties.
A musical tradition
Suggest how the music fits into the cultural behaviour in general (e.g. battle hakas, wassails).
One for the kids
Further examples
More examples for keen bards.
Songs
Instrumentation
Scandinavian fiddle/folk resources: http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/Fiddling/scandi.htm
Other performance traditions
How to adapt your repertoire
- Whether singing or playing, get people to join in with a long low drone or untuned drums.
- When playing from your folk tune repertoire, flatten all your 7ths (turning the major scale into the mixolydian mode). Here is a search for mixolydian mode tunes
- Sing in a raw style and emphasise the story behind the song.
Our sources
Credits, links to artists, further material etc.
A great source of Swedish fiddle tunes: http://www.norbeck.nu/abc/index2.asp?cat=s&sort=title