Waulking songs (Oran Luadhaidh) are so much fun!!!
They are songs that have an alternating chorus and solo lines - with the solo lines frequently improvised - sung by women in the West Highlands when 'waulking' (shrinking) cloth.
The custom no longer survives as modern methods have overtaken the tweed industry. The original method was to soak the tweed in human urine and thump it on a board or table rhythmically with feet or hands, with the cloth being passed round as it was worked on. This could take up to half an hour. The quality of the cloth was much better preserved by the method.
I'll be performing several Waulking songs at the Scots Gaelic song and pipe music concert series in April. I will also be teaching one at the workshop held in St. Paul.
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They are songs that have an alternating chorus and solo lines - with the solo lines frequently improvised - sung by women in the West Highlands when 'waulking' (shrinking) cloth.
The custom no longer survives as modern methods have overtaken the tweed industry. The original method was to soak the tweed in human urine and thump it on a board or table rhythmically with feet or hands, with the cloth being passed round as it was worked on. This could take up to half an hour. The quality of the cloth was much better preserved by the method.
I'll be performing several Waulking songs at the Scots Gaelic song and pipe music concert series in April. I will also be teaching one at the workshop held in St. Paul.
Ticket information on Eventbrite
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