"CELTIC MUSIC" PROJECT

“CELTIC MUSIC” PROJECT

          Project Guidelines

1) The teacher will upload some videos of this kind of music to the blog, in order to ask a series of questions about it. The artists are Loreena McKennitt, Gwendal and Pamela Wyn Shannon.

2) The lyrics of the song All Souls Night by Loreena McKennitt will be uploaded, and the students will translate it (after working on it with the teacher in Music classes).

3) Together, we will play the song O Son do Ar by Luar na Lubre. Instruments: recorder and acoustic guitar. Issues related to digitations, rhythm, tempo, expression, and so on will be under evaluation.

Deadline: around 10th June.


A- Listen to this video and translate the lyrics.

B- Who is Loreena McKennitt? (2 or 3 lines are enough).


          

C- Is it just “Celtic” Music or there are another music influences? Which ones?


D- Who is Pamela Wyn Shannon? (2 or 3 lines are enough).

              

E- Where does she come from?

F- In your own words, try to express the feeling you get listening to this music (2 or 3 lines are enough).

G- Do some research about the poem The Unquiet Grave which this song is based on, and answer these questions: what is the main topic of the song? Do you like the story? Why or why not?

H- Where do they (Gwendal) come from?

I- Open your mind and let your imagination fly free!! : what does this music (Gwendal) transmit to you? (3 or 4 lines are enough).

F- This is the song we are playing together (O Son do Ar).