Scottish music
Gaelic folk tunes
Scottish music encompasses the traditional and contemporary musical forms of Scotland.
The bagpipe is its most recognizable instrument, but fiddle, accordion, and harp feature prominently.
Traditional forms include Celtic folk songs, strathspeys, reels, and pipe music for ceremonial occasions.
We heard Scottish music at the Highland games.
The term covers everything from ancient Gaelic ballads to modern Celtic rock.
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- chanterRitual vocalist
- Highland flingScottish solo folk dance
- bagpipesDroning wind instrument
- pipe bandMusical group featuring bagpipes
folk songs · accordion · clan traditions · drone · Highlands · skirl · ballads · ceilidh · laments · Burns · dance · bodhrán · reel · folk rock · harp · drums · heather · bothy
- Scottish culturebagpipes, kilts, tartan, haggis, Highland Games
- ethnomusicologyethnomusicology, fieldwork, folk revival, field recordings, ethnography
- Burns NightBurns Night, Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne, haggis, toasts
- Scottish GamesHighland Games, caber toss, hammer throw, athletic competitions, traditional sports
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