IRISH MUSIC

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IRISH MUSIC

• Irish music is a folk music which has remained
  vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many
  other traditional forms worldwide lost popularity
  to pop music. 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 indeed,
  it has itself influenced many forms of music,
  such as country and roots music in the USA, which
  in turn have greatly influenced rock music in the
  20th century.

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INSTRUMENTS

• The most popular instruments used in Irish music
  are Fiddle, Flute, Whistle, Uilleann pipes,
  Harp, Accordion, Concertina, Banjo, Guitar,
  Bouzouki, Mandolin, Bodhran and the Harmonica

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MUSIC FOR DANCING

• Irelands most famous dancing is river dance. The
  music that is used for this is sang by a choir
  called Anuna.

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Pub Sessions

• Pub sessions are now the home of most types of
  traditional Irish music. This takes place in
  small rural pubs usually in the West of Ireland.
  This is when a local traditional Irish band go in
  to a local pub and play traditional Irish music
  to the people in the pub. Such events can be seen
  on tg4 .