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CEOL BEAG (or "small music") is the Scottish term for Dance Music.
You are expected to recognize and be able to play all of the following dances:
WALTZ - moderate tempo, three beats in a bar
MARCH - moderate tempo, four beats ina bar
STRATHSPEY - like a March but with SCOTCH SNAPS (DURrum rhythms).
REEL - very fast, count TWO in Simple Time (1,2,1,2)
JIG - very fast, count TWO in Compound Time (1 and a 2 and a).
You can hear examples of each on the Listening Page to help you recognize them. This page has the tinwhistle music.
| WALTZ: Skye Boat Song (play each line twice then start again) | |
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| WALTZ: Mo Dhachaidh | |
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| MARCH: Mhairi's Wedding | |
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| MARCH: Uist Tramping Song | |
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| STRATHSPEY: Comin' Thro' the Rye | |
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| STRATHSPEY: Black and Silver | |
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| REEL: Rakes of Mallow | |
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| REEL: Reel 2 | |
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| JIG: Cock of the North | |
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| JIG: The Irish Washerwoman | |
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ASSESSMENT: while we want you to enjoy playing your whistle, there has to be a Module Assessment in Week 9. You can play any of the above tunes for your assessment - try to choose one in which you are confident but push yourself a little. The easier the tune, the lower the mark available to you even if you play it perfectly. The marks available are given in the chart below. Your playing will be marked out of 10, so a perfect performance of a Task Level 5 piece (Uist Tramping Song) would score 10*5 = 50
| Task level | Tune | Max. possible mark | Max. possible grade |
| 3 | Waltz: Skye Boat Song | 30 | C- |
| 4 | March 1 – Mhairi’s Wedding | 40 | C+ |
| 5 | March 2 – Uist Tramping Song | 50 | C+ |
| 7 | Strathspey 2 – Comin’ thro’ the Rye | 70 | B- |
| 8 | Jig 2: Bonnie Dundee | 80 | B+ |
| 9 | Strathspey 1 – Black and Silver | 90 | A- |
| 9 | Jig 2: Cock o' the North | 90 | A- |
| 9 | Reel 2 | 90 | A- |
| 10 | Reel: The Rakes of Mallow | 100 | A+ |
| 12 | Jig 1: The Irish Washerwoman | 120 | A* |