Highland (Irish)

A highland is an Irish musical form in duple meter, largely idiomatic of Donegal. Like the fling, it is related to the Scottish highland fling and the hornpipe, found throughout the British Isles. Like its Scottish cousin, a fling is played in cut time and has a dotted rhythm. Like the Scottish strathspey, quarter notes may sometimes be articulated as triplets or Scots snaps. However, unlike the strathspey, these Scots snaps are usually less sharply articulated. They are also played more slowly than reels and are strongly accented on the first beat, which tends to be a note quarter note in length. A typical fling has a 32-bar form divided into two parts, each consisting of eight bars which are repeated: AABB.^[1]

A transcription of the Jimmy Lyon's Highland

References

↑ Vallely, F. (1999). The Companion to Traditional Irish Music. New York University Press: New York, p. 187-188

Irish music

General	Céilidh Folk music of Ireland Irish dance Music of Ireland Sean-nós dance Set dance

Folk song	Sean-nós song Traditional Irish singing Lilting

Instruments	Accordion Bodhrán Bones Bouzouki Concertina Fiddle Flute Hammered dulcimer Harp Lambeg Melodeon Tenor banjo Tin whistle Uilleann pipes

Tune Types	2/4 Dance Polka 2/2 and 4/4 Dances Barndance Fling Highland Hornpipe Reel Strathspey Schottische 3/4 Dances Mazurka Waltz 6/8 Dances Single and Double Jigs 9/8 Dances Hop and Slip jigs 12/8 Dance Slide Non-dance Tunes Marches and Airs which exist in various meters.

Scales	Aeolian mode Dorian mode Ionian mode Mixolydian mode Pentatonic scale

Relations	Cape Breton fiddling Folk music of England Folk music of Scotland Folk music of Wales

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Highland (Irish)

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