Call and response is a good term Stephen, as is Colin's question and
answer. I think it's kan ha diskan in Brittany, and no doubt there are
other terms from other places. I'd noticed this in pipe tunes (e.g.
Lasses Boozes Brandy, Sweet as Sugar Candy, Cuddie Claw'd Her) and I'd
Responsorial ?
rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
Has anyone got the name of the musical form of the question and answer
type that is the basis for sea shanties and our local song 'Dolly Ah'
and more interestingly the two pipe tunes 'Lang Stayed Away' and
'Highland Laddie'(first two parts) in Peacock's
Colin,
Highland Laddie in the context of 'sea songs' and 'shanties' is
described by Hugill (1969) as a 'stamp and go' or 'walkaway' song
popularly used to bring the ships head or stern through the wind
(tacking).
Rather than a dance, it is connected to 'hauling', and along with the
For non english people, is this the musical form that you call Sea
Songs/Sea Shanties ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Bq4-fCH0c
We call it Stornello: rhyme's songs in gross language, very popular
in central/southern Italy; even if you can find a good example of them
in Leoncavallo's
