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10 Feb 12 - 09:40 PM (#3305740) Subject: Trying to remember singing style name From: Taconicus There's a certain style of traditional Scottish (and I think Irish) a cappella folk singing style that I'm trying to remember the name of. It's characterized by a kind of stepwise note singing. I don't know how else to describe it - a single word can be sung with several different notes in succession; not sliding but discrete notes. In a way, the voice accomplishes its own melodic "instrumental" accompaniment. Does anyone remember what that singing style is called? |
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10 Feb 12 - 10:12 PM (#3305746) Subject: RE: Trying to remember singing style name From: katlaughing I *think* you mean Sean-nós. |
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11 Feb 12 - 12:39 AM (#3305780) Subject: RE: Trying to remember singing style name From: ChanteyLass I agree with Kat. You can hear a bit of a woman doing it here http://www.pri.org/theworld/?q=node/24721 and a man doing it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGelrimeD7c |
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27 Mar 13 - 01:13 PM (#3495558) Subject: RE: Trying to remember singing style name From: Taconicus Thanks, Kat. You answered the question very quickly, but either I forgot it or I took over a year to see it. That's just what I was trying to remember! The example by Bridget Fitzgerald at the link posted by ChanteyLass exhibits some of the aspects of sean-nós, including syllables sung to several notes, glottal stops, and mid-phrase breath-taking. |