Does anyone have any experience of the junior cert music performance section in traditional Irish music solo. How many reels,jigs,etc. need to be performed at each level and do you have to read the sheet music for your performance?I'll be playing fiddle.thanks.
4 different tunes, or preferably four sets of tunes, as one tune on its own is a bit short, compared to a classical piece, which obviously some entrants will be doing. Whether you want sheet music in front of you or not is entirely up to you, as far as the exam regulations go. You are also allowed to have an accompanist if you want, as long as they are not playing in unison with you, as it's your playing being judged, so if you feel more confident with a guitar or piano backer playing chords, rather than playing unaccompanied, you can do this.
Quite simply, Don Quixote, because an examiner's expectation that a traditional Irish musician should require the use of sheet music in performance would demonstrate their profound ignorance of the tradition and reflect poorly on the subject under examination. Personally, I hope that this music will become generally accepted as a worthy subject of study in schools.
>>Personally, I hope that this music will become generally accepted as a worthy subject of study in schools.
A music-teacher colleague of mine (South-East England) told me the other day that some ITM has come up as part of her A2 level (17-18 year-olds') syllabus. Not quite sure in what context - possibly either theory or musicology.
Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
Does anyone have any experience of the junior cert music performance section in traditional Irish music solo. How many reels,jigs,etc. need to be performed at each level and do you have to read the sheet music for your performance?I'll be playing fiddle.thanks.
# Posted on September 18th 2010 by southeast fiddler
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
If the examiner expects you to read the sheet music there's something very, very wrong with the whole idea...
# Posted on September 18th 2010 by Dragut Reis
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
Dragut, could you expand on your statement explaining why you think it is wrong.
I am not agreeing or disagreeing just curious about your reasoning.
# Posted on September 18th 2010 by Dick Miles
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
ordinary level its 2 tunes of different rhythym
higher is 4 of different rythym (jig,reel,hornpipe,air maybe)
nothin hard
# Posted on September 18th 2010 by onions mcginty
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
4 different tunes, or preferably four sets of tunes, as one tune on its own is a bit short, compared to a classical piece, which obviously some entrants will be doing. Whether you want sheet music in front of you or not is entirely up to you, as far as the exam regulations go. You are also allowed to have an accompanist if you want, as long as they are not playing in unison with you, as it's your playing being judged, so if you feel more confident with a guitar or piano backer playing chords, rather than playing unaccompanied, you can do this.
# Posted on September 18th 2010 by cathycook
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
Quite simply, Don Quixote, because an examiner's expectation that a traditional Irish musician should require the use of sheet music in performance would demonstrate their profound ignorance of the tradition and reflect poorly on the subject under examination. Personally, I hope that this music will become generally accepted as a worthy subject of study in schools.
# Posted on September 19th 2010 by Dragut Reis
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
it is apparently not required, so that is not the case.
# Posted on September 19th 2010 by Dick Miles
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
It's not the case that it's generally accepted as a worthy subject of study in schools?
You really need to work on your troll skills.
# Posted on September 19th 2010 by Dragut Reis
Re: Junior Cert music Performance trad Irish
>>Personally, I hope that this music will become generally accepted as a worthy subject of study in schools.
A music-teacher colleague of mine (South-East England) told me the other day that some ITM has come up as part of her A2 level (17-18 year-olds') syllabus. Not quite sure in what context - possibly either theory or musicology.
# Posted on September 19th 2010 by ian stock