Not quite what we’d hoped for but did us til the end, which was around 11.30pm. ![]() Common instruments include fiddle, accordion/concertina, tin whistle/flute, guitar, banjo, mandolin, octave mandolin and Irish bouzouki. ![]() Irish folk includes anything as old as the 17th century or older and more recent trends, including jigs, reels, 'drinking music', and rebel music. However there was free tea, coffee, juice and biscuits at the interval. Irish folk is the traditional music from the island of Ireland. My husband would have preferred a Guinness and myself and the rest of the group would’ve liked a brandy/whisky. The guitar was first used in traditional Irish music accompaniment in the 1920s, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that it began to gain popularity. My only complaint is that I would have liked an alcoholic drink but the only option was white wine. The singing was beautiful but it was the music and dancing that got the feet tapping. Lilt is defined as a pleasant gentle swinging rhythm, a characteristc rising and falling in the tune. Irish music generally is modal, using Ionian, Aeolian, Dorian, and Mixolydian modes, as well as hexatonic and pentatonic versions of those scales. Irish traditional music began as an oral tradition, passed on from generation to generation by listening, learning by ear and without formally writing the. As Morrissey revealed to The Irish Times in 1999, the band’s bassist had an Irish father and an English mother or, to quote one of the singer’s later hits, Irish blood and an English heart. The seating is much like arena seating, albeit a much smaller venue, so no matter where you are sat you have a good view.We were lucky enough to watch a show with singing, dancing and some traditional Irish music. Our party consisted of 2 adults 2 pensioners (80+) and an 8yr boy. We arrived at about 8.40pm for the 9.00pm show, we paid and went through to be seated. What a wonderful traditional Irish performance.
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