Question

Refer to the same recording ( "The Cuckoo's Hornpipe"). The names of the ornaments used in Irish traditional pieces of this kind include___________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Refer to the same recording ( "The Cuckoo's Hornpipe"). The names of the ornaments used in Irish traditional pieces of this kind include:

The roll:

The cut:

The triplet:

Explanation:

Ornamentation is a very important characteristic of Irish music. Ornamentation is about adding extra notes of a tune, it's objective it's decorative.

The roll: it is achived by playing five notes in rapid succession

The cut: it is the simplest form of ornamentation, played as a single grace note, played immediately before a principal note in a tune.

The triplet: achieved by adding an extra note between two principal notes of a given tune.