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Introducing the Music of Ireland Comprehension Questions As you view the programme, complete the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of the music of Ireland. 1. Summarise what the presenter means by the following. a) “the essence of Irish music” b) “real Irish music” 2. Which description best matches the following instruments? Place the corresponding letter beside it. a) accordian strident and loud b) tin whistle melodic and keyless c) fiddle rhythmic and round d) bodhran inexpensive and beginner-friendly e) flute quintessentially Irish 3. Which instruments often feature in the more formal types of Irish traditional music? 4. Indicate which of following statements are true or false. a) The jig is the ‘Queen’ of Irish dance tunes and the True False hornpipe is the ‘King’. b) The reel was originally a solo dance. True False c) Two common time signatures of Irish dance tunes are True False 2/4 and 6/8. d) Love songs and blues songs are common Irish ‘party True False pieces’. 1 16ART01B© ClickView Pty Limited 2016. Introducing the Music of Ireland Comprehension Questions 5. Complete the following statements using expressions provided below. Some expressions may not be used. ‘no style’ ‘by ear’ ‘Clare style’ ‘flute-friendly’ ‘flute- ‘old style’ ‘Celtic Twilight’ ‘by the nose’ worthy’ a) The end of the 19th century has been called the ____________________ _. b) Sean-nós means ________________________ in the Irish language. c) One regional type of playing is ___________________________. d) The key of A is not a very ______________________________ one. e) You don’t need music-reading skills to play _________________________. 6. The presenter tells us, “Irish music and what they call Celtic music is actually a mainstream form of music now.” Explain how this happened. 2 16ART01B© ClickView Pty Limited 2016. .

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