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LIVE
PERFORMANCES (mainly 'YouTube' links) The
ideal situation is to attend Irish Music sessions and concerts. In the meantime,
here are a few links that give a flavour of Irish Music performed on camera. Students
should listen to other music by these musicians and jot down the musical features
they hear. Fusion
- Irish trad with Jazz (Listen to Rock elements in their music, too) Fusion
- Irish trad with Classical (1) Fusion
- Irish trad with Classical (2) - based
on the
Plains
of Boyle* Fusion
- Irish trad with Folk (maybe)(with
Jazz elements) Fusion
- Irish trad with African Music Fusion
- Irish trad with Rock (1970s) (and
more
recently) Fusion
- Irish trad with Punk Rock Fusion
- Irish trad with Country
(maybe...)
(Can you find Features
of Country Music in this song? If not, don't cite it in the exam. It
could just be classified as American Country, but there ARE Irish instruments
in the group. Identify the Irish performers in the video.)
Instruments
Fiddle
and Guitar Melodeon
and Bodhrán Button
accordion and Fiddle Concertina Harmonica Harmonica
and Piano accordion Banjo
and Bouzouki Large
group of mixed instruments (including an Irish flute solo) Uilleann
Pipes
Ross playing Scottish Bagpipes(1) and
a real
Scottish Bagpiper (2) American
Bluegrass Bodhrán Harp
(with Fiddle and Guitars) (Listen
to Heartstring Sessions CD excerpt)
Different
versions of the same tune King
of the Fairies (1)
and King
of the Fairies (2) and King
of the Fairies (3) Raglan
Road (1) and Raglan
Road (2) and
Raglan Road
(3)
Bored?
Test yourself! Irish
music interactive crossword 1: Easy Irish
music interactive crossword 2: Harder
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