Ireland

music history

• Though it is only in the past two decades that Irish Music has gained such recognition on an international scale, its origins can be traced back to almost two thousand years ago when the Celts arrived in Ireland. They brought with them, among other skills and crafts, music.

instruments

• Fiddle. Flute. Tin Whistle (penny whistle Bagpipes and Uilleann pipes. Bombarde. Free Reed Instruments. Melodeon. Button Accordion. Piano Accordion. Concertina. Banjo. Mandolins, citterns, bouzoukis, guitars.)

connection between music and culture

• Irish Music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalising cultural forces. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music influences from Britain and the United States, Irish music has kept many of its traditional aspects and has itself influenced many forms of music, such as country and roots music in the USA, which in turn have had some influence on modern rock music. It has occasionally been fused with rock and roll, punk and rock and other genres. Some of these fusion artists have attained mainstream success, at home and abroad.

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