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Irish Folk Music
Guitar Banjo (4-string, GDAE) Fiddle (Violin) Keyboards (Piano, or more recently electronic
keyboards) Harmonicas Accordion
Instruments
Aerophone Bellows (Elbow Pipe) Two octave range
(Chanter, double) Regulator (3, Double) Drone (3, Single)
Uilleann Pipes
Prominent in Celtic music
(not exclusively Irish) Mostly diatonic,
sometimes chromatic Major, Minor, Mixolydian
Celtic Harp
Open Frame Drum Bar, crossbar Hand inside to alter
tone and timber
Bodhrán
Aerophone, Reeds Concertina Higher
Pitch Less common Buttons on either side
to change pitch Diatonic
Concertina & Accordion
Developed from Greek Bouzouki GDAD Modern Folk
Octave Mandolin/Irish Bouzouki
Reel - generic term (simple) Jig – Specific dance to music in compound
time Jig all over Europe
Jigs & Reels
Political Wartime, Heroism,
Anti-government/oppression Any style (Reel, Jig, Pub, Celtic trad,
Irish Rebel Music
Noel Hill Seamus Ennis The Clancy Brothers John McCormack Tommy Makem The Pogues
Notable Artists