Waltz - A Scottish dance featuring 3 beats in a bar with a moderate tempo, Reel  - A Scottish dance that features 4 beats in a bar with a fast tempo, March - A Scottish dance that features bagpipes, snare drum, 2 beats in bar at a marching tempo, Jig - A Scottish dance that features 6 beats in a bar (compound time) and has a fast tempo, Strathspey - A Scottish dance that features 4 beats in a bar, moderate tempo and features scotch snaps and dotted rhythms, Slow Air - This is a slow instrumental tune in the style of a song but usually played on bagpipes or the fiddle., Gaelic Psalm - A group of people singing in the Presbyterian Church (in Gaelic) .Sounds as if they are singing at different times. Generally unaccompanied., Waulking Song - Sung by women at work, beating tweed. Kept a steady pattern and beat to the work. Question and Answer / Call and Response  , Mouth Music - Vocal performance providing music to dance and for entertainment. Unaccompanied nonsense Gaelic words., Bothy Ballad -  Songs composed and sung mainly by farm workers who lived together for part of the year in bothies about their work. Usually unaccompanied. It's in Strophic form., Scots Ballad - Folk song that tells a story of an important historical event or a disaster. Long Verses and short choruses. Sometimes unaccompanied, Ceilidh/Scottish Dance band - A band which plays Scottish music for people to dance to. The instruments may include accordion, fiddle, flute, penny whistle, piano, guitar, bass and drums. , Pipe Band -  A group of performers which is made up of pipers and drummers, Folk Group - A group of singers and instrumentalists who perform traditional music from a specific country, Vamp - A rhythmic accompaniment feature bass note chord. oom cha cha, Scotch Snap - A rhythmic feature which is often in Strathspeys. A very short accented note before a longer note., Drone - A long sustained note, Celtic Rock - A group that has a mix of traditional Scottish music with rock music.,

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