Scottish Music

SCOTTISH MUSIC

TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH MUSIC

FEATURES

• Typical Genres include: Celtic, Gaelic, Folk
• Common Intruments: Bag Pipes, Fiddles, Accordians, Guitar
• Sometimes Accapella
• Scottish Accents - Broader that that in contemporary music

EXAMPLES


CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH MUSIC
MAINSTREAM

COMMON FEATURES

• Tendency to be generic: Indie, rock, easily placecd within the genre
• No pronouncing Scottish Features
• Occasionally Accents stand out

EXAMPLES

	NAME	GENRE	LISTEN	SCOTTISH FEATURES?
	Franz Ferdinand	Indie	http://www.myspace.com/franzferdinand	Hometown; Accent sometimes; Subject sometimes
	The Fratellis	Indie	http://www.myspace.com/littlebabyfratelli	Hometown
	Biffy Clyro	Rock	http://www.purevolume.com/biffyclyro	Strong Accents
	The Proclaimers
	Wer, Wet, Wet

LOCAL/UNDERGROUND

FEATURES

• More Scottish subjects
• Scottish Dialect
• Less maistream gere (reason for underground lable?)

EXAMPLES

	NAME	GENRE	LISTEN	SCOTTISH FEATURES
meanies.jpg picture by rudegirl_ali	The Amphetameanies	Ska	http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic	Accents Hometown is Glasgow; Sing about Glasgow eg. the night bus
TwinAtlanticTwinAtlantic.jpg picture by rudegirl_ali	Twin Atlantic	Rock	http://www.purevolume.com/twinatlantic	Accents; Hometown
bis-9732.jpg picture by rudegirl_ali	Bis	pop/elecro	http://www.myspace.com/bismusic	Home town
	Mogwai
	Frightned Rabbit