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Josh Taerk - Canadian Celtic and Other Folk Influences

The Celtic music is associated with the folk traditions of Ireland, Brittany, Scotland and Wales, as well as the popular styles derived from folk culture. In addition, a number of other areas of the world are known for the use of Celtic musical styles and techniques, including Newfoundland, and much of the folk music of Canada's Maritimes, very strong bond between Newfoundland folk music and Irish music, however elements of English folk music and French-Canadian and Acadian music can be heard within the style.

Celtic music references in ancient sagas, medieval texts, even in the works of Dante and Shakespeare, all attest the importance of music, both vocal and instrumental, in Celtic realms. Celtic music, in Canada as elsewhere, is derivative of a genre whose antecedents are rooted in Continental and Insular CELTIC LANGUAGES. During the last 2 centuries, musicologists and collectors have retrieved, edited and analyzed an impressive corpus of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton, Manx and Cornish folk-songs. All of them have emphasized the importance of folk music as the prime medium through which the musical style of a nation can develop as a distinctive art form.

Celtic folk song is for the most part pentatonic in origin. The 5-scale note forms the basis of the hexatonic(6-note) and heptatonic(7-note) scales respectively. It is this gapped scale system that differentiates the music of the Celts from the more widely used major-minor system. To avoid monotony, folk singers should practice their creative instincts through the use of melodic and ornamental variants.

The principal instruments that are identified with Celtic music are the harp, the bagpipe and the fiddle. The harp is common to all Celtic areas. Harpers, many of them blind, flourished in Ireland, Wales and Scotland until the 18th century, when political, religious and social changes threatened the extinction of their language and their culture. The harp was used for both accompaniment and as a solo instrument. It was the instrument which propelled Highlanders to battle until it ceded that role to the bagpipe after the Battle of Harlaw in 1411. Harpers disdained the adaptations of their music to the pipes at that time, and later to the fiddle which they regarded as an inferior instrument.

In Canada the preservation and evolution of authentic Celtic music has occurred wherever Celtic languages have been retained. Celtic influences on some popular music have become particularly strong, with artists and groups such as Ashley MACISAAC, Natalie MacMaster, Loreena MCKENNITT, Leahy, The Barra MacNeils, The RANKINS, and others receiving national and international acclaim. Local dance groups induce and perpetuate music essential to their art. Whatever the form, music remains for Celts a distinctive and treasured part of their cultural heritage. A number of popular Canadian rock bands are also influenced by Celtic folk traditions.

About the Author

I am a singer/songwriter that plays acoustic guitar, and occasionally play with electric guitar players.I have produced my first album to be released shortly called Never Look Back.

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