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Int 2 Instruments and how they are used

Lone piper

Grace notes

 A term used for ornaments which is usually associated with bagpipe music. 

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  This is particularly evident in pibroch, the Classical music of the bagpipe and exemplified on the previous page, Intermediate 2  Styles.

Arco

With the bow, ie playing a violin or other string instrument. Listen to this march played by a Scottish fiddle orchestra   

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Celtic harp

Clarsach

Plucking strings. Listen to this example on Clarsachs 

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  This technique is also associated with orchestral string instruments and there are many examples of this style of playing from around 1700 onwards. See the 'Classical' area of this site.

(Ancient Celtic harp or Clarsach)