Wintermark music

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

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A musical tradition

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Further examples

More examples for keen bards.

Songs

• Cattle Calls
• The Snow It Melts the Soonest
• Two Men Came to Your Hall Door
• I Wish My Baby Was Born

Instrumentation

Scandinavian fiddle/folk resources: http://www.people.iup.edu/rahkonen/Fiddling/scandi.htm

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).
• Sing in a raw style and emphasise the story behind the song.

Our sources

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