Celtic music

Fiddle and flute

Celtic music is the traditional and contemporary folk music of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, and other regions with Celtic heritage.

It typically features fiddles, tin whistles, uilleann pipes, harps, and bodhrán drums, with distinctive ornamentation and modal melodies.

The term covers both ancient traditions and modern fusion styles: a Celtic music festival, She plays in a Celtic music band.

Related

bodhrán · folk music · harp · tin whistle · ceilidh · Welsh · accordion · bouzouki · jig · slip jig · bluegrass · clover · flute · lilt · ornamentation · green · pub · pub crawl

Categories
Opposites
musical tradition/cultural origin

Celtic musicMiddle Eastern music

Traditional sounds from Arab lands

Indian classical music · Afrobeat · gamelan · Arabic music · flamenco

musical formality/structure

Celtic musicsymphonic music

Large-scale orchestral compositions

opera · chamber music · baroque music · art music

acoustic character/instrumentation

Celtic musicelectronic music

Synthesizer-based musical genre

EDM · electronic dance music · synthwave · techno · industrial music

Family

Celts, Gaelic, Celtic, Celt

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G