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Index Gaelic music

Gaelic music (Ceol Gaelach, Ceòl Gàidhealach) is an umbrella term for any music written in the Gaelic languages of Irish and Scottish Gaelic.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Accordion, Ailein duinn, Amhrán na bhFiann, Óró sé do bheatha abhaile, Cape Breton Island, Celtic harp, Celtic music, Chì mi na mòrbheanna, Education Scotland, English-speaking world, Fear a' Bhàta, Fulling, Gaelic psalm singing, Goidelic languages, Irish language, Murder ballad, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Pibroch, Puirt à beul, Scottish Gaelic, Sean-nós singing, Strathspey (dance), Strathspey, Scotland, Tin whistle.

  2. Celtic music
  3. Irish language
  4. Music of Ireland
  5. Scottish folk music

Accordion

Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).

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Ailein duinn

"Ailein duinn" ("Dark-haired Alan") is a traditional Scottish Gaelic song for solo female voice, a lament that was written for Ailean Moireasdan ("Alan Morrison") by his fiancée, Annag Chaimbeul ("Annie Campbell"). Gaelic music and Ailein duinn are Scottish Gaelic music.

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Amhrán na bhFiann

"italic", called "The Soldier's Song" in English, is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland, and often regarded by Irish nationalists as the anthem for the island of Ireland.

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Óró sé do bheatha abhaile

Óró, sé do bheatha abhaile or Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile is a traditional Irish song that came to be known as a rebel song in the early twentieth century.

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Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island (île du Cap-Breton, formerly île Royale; Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn; Unamaꞌki) is a rugged and irregularly shaped island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Celtic harp

The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe.

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Celtic music

Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations).

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Chì mi na mòrbheanna

Chì mi na mòrbheanna (commonly known in English as The Mist Covered Mountains of Home) is a Scottish Gaelic song that was written in 1856 by Highlander John Cameron. Gaelic music and Chì mi na mòrbheanna are Scottish Gaelic music.

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Education Scotland

Education Scotland (Foghlam Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, tasked with improving the quality of the country's education system.

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English-speaking world

The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language.

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Fear a' Bhàta

Fear a' Bhàta (translated The boatman) is a Scots Gaelic song from the late 18th century, written by an unknown author waiting for her lover to return from his fishing journeys. Gaelic music and Fear a' Bhàta are Scottish Gaelic music.

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Fulling

Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelled waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate (lanolin) oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it shrink by friction and pressure.

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Gaelic psalm singing

Gaelic psalm singing, or Gaelic psalmody, is a tradition of exclusive psalmody in the Scottish Gaelic language found in Presbyterian churches in the Western Isles of Scotland. Gaelic music and Gaelic psalm singing are Scottish Gaelic music.

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Goidelic languages

The Goidelic or Gaelic languages (teangacha Gaelacha; cànanan Goidhealach; çhengaghyn Gaelgagh) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Murder ballad

Murder ballads are a subgenre of the traditional ballad form dealing with a crime or a gruesome death.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.

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Pibroch

Pibroch, piobaireachd or ceòl mòr is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. Gaelic music and Pibroch are Celtic music.

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Puirt à beul

Puirt à beul (literally "tunes from a mouth") is a traditional form of song native to Scotland (known as portaireacht in Ireland) that sets Gaelic lyrics to instrumental tune melodies. Gaelic music and Puirt à beul are Scottish Gaelic music.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Sean-nós singing

Sean-nós singing (Irish for "old style") is unaccompanied, traditional Irish vocal music usually performed in the Irish language. Gaelic music and Sean-nós singing are music of Ireland.

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Strathspey (dance)

A strathspey is a type of dance tune in time, featuring dotted rhythms (both long-short and short-long "Scotch snaps"), which in traditional playing are generally somewhat exaggerated rhythmically. Gaelic music and strathspey (dance) are Scottish folk music.

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Strathspey, Scotland

Strathspey (Srath Spè) is the region around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, split between the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland.

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Tin whistle

The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument.

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See also

Celtic music

Irish language

Music of Ireland

Scottish folk music

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_music

Also known as Gaelic folk song.