Scottish instruments

Question 1

fiddle

Answer 1

• played same way as violin
• popular solo instruments
• also played in ceilidh bands

Question 2

bagpipes

Answer 2

• made out of bag, chanter, mouthpiece, drones
• blow air into bag under left arm
• inside drones and chanter there are reeds
• different reeds in chanter than drones

Question 3

clarsach

Answer 3

• small harp with 30 strings
• low stool with clarsach in-between knees
• makes sound by plucking strings
• played solo or accompanied by a company singer

Question 4

Accordion

Answer 4

• became popular in Scotland since 1930s
• instrument on their knee and holds it with both hands
• makes sound by pushing air in and out of the bellows which are in the middle of the accordion
• the right hand played keyboard and left hand plays cords by pressing buttons on other side of instruments
  -can be played solo but more often played in Scottish country dance band

Question 5

Bodhran

Answer 5

• hand held drum
• goatskin head, other side open for one hand to control the pitch and timbre
• played with wooden beater

Question 6

pibroch

Answer 6

solo piper