Cerdd dant
Cerdd Dant (" harp string music") is a music style from Wales in which an improvised lyric text is sung with a harp as an accompanying instrument. The text follows rules of cynghanedd ( harmony ), a metric in poetry that is typical of the Welsh language .
style
The style of the Cerdd Dant is characterized by the fact that the harp starts a melody, which can be a traditional melody or a new melody kept in the traditional style. The singer waits a few bars before the lyrics are sung in counter melody, making sure that the main accent on the verse matches the main accent on the harp melody. Singing and playing the harp must end each verse at the same time, that is, the last word of a verse coincides with the emphasis on the last bar of the harp melody. Traditionally, the counter-melody ( cyfalaw ) was always improvised, but today it is determined in advance and learned by the singer.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cerdd Dant (Medieval Welsh String Music) ( English ) Retrieved on 29 February, 2008.
- ↑ Thomas Mowbray Charles-Edwards: “Cynghanedd.” In: Lexikon des Mittelalters III , dtv, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-4235-9057-2 , p. 402
- ↑ Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru ( Welsh ). Retrieved February 29, 2008.
See also
literature
- Aled Lloyd Davies: Cerdd dant: llawlyfr gosod . Gwasg Gwynned, Caernarfon 1983