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What is Celtic music?
Irish and Scottish folk music is what most people think of when they hear this phrase. It gets more detailed than that, as you might expect.
A well established separation has the Irish, Scottish, Gaelic and Manx (from the Isle of Man) identified as Q-Celtic.
P-Celtic includes the Welsh, Cornish and Breton cultures.
See if you can find both of these types of Celtic music in Calgary
Another method of categorizing these compositions is by the ranges of pitch and type of scale used in the melodies.
The author of this taxonomy, Alan Stivell, called the major camps Gaelic and Brythonic for wide and narrow range songs.
As you can see, most of this stuff originated in the UK. Other european nations have had influences on this kind of folk as well. What is a jig, for instance? Apparently an integration of Celtic and Italian music.
Canada is well-known for its music following Celtic traditions. Most famous are the Rankin Family, but notable ones also include Great Big Sea and The Irish Rovers for instance.
If you find yourself in Cape Breton in the fall, and this is your kind of music is your thing, check out the Celtic Colours festival. A Nova Scotia highlight the second week of every October.
Whether you get Celtic music in Calgary, Nova Scotia or elsewhere, it may be just great. Good Luck.
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