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