Precision Tuned Glockenspiel Xylophones! You can hear the difference! Includes 12 page Music Pattern Song Book so everyone can play!
(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, November 04, 2015 ) Atascadero, CA -- The Swallow Tail Jig is a familiar tune to many Irish fiddlers, and some historians date the origin of the tune all the way back to the mid-nineteenth century. In addition to being popular with square dancers and cloggers, the tune is also used during Northumbrian sword dancing where five dancers move in rhythm with two-handed swords.
People often wonder about the difference between a jig and a reel. The crew at Upado Unlimited has posted on their website that if a vocalist can sing "elephant, elephant" along with the beat, then it is a jig. If he can sing "alligator, alligator," then he is playing a reel!" A jig, written in 6/8 time, basically has three beats per measure. A reel, on the other hand, has four beats per measure.
Upado Unlimited has created a unique song pattern music card for Swallow Tail Jig and posted it on their website so that their customers can continue to learn new songs throughout the year. There is also a song track posted so students can hear the song as well as visualize the pattern. The crew at Upado Unlimited has provided the chord progression so that if the xylophone student has a musician friend or family member who can accompany him on the piano or guitar, they can work together and create a musical duet.
Swallow Tail Jig is usually played in the key of D minor. Although an Upado Unlimited Glockenspiel Xylophone has eight notes in the key of C major, the patterning works to play a minor key song on a major key instrument because the tune requires no sharps or flats.
Swallow Tail Jig is just one of several extra songs that Upado Unlimited supplies for their customers. Upado Unlimited releases new song patterns every month so that their customers always have something new to learn.
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