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Red Centre Dreaming - Traditional Aboriginal Music Site of Central Australia

We are a Southern Arrernte Aboriginal Tribal group whose homelands are situated 100 kms south of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Since 1995 we have owned and operated the Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre in Alice Springs.

Our community has been involved in Aboriginal Music for 40,000 years and we would like to now share our knowledge and experience with you.

Music song and dance was and is still today a very important part of Aboriginal life and customs. We had songs for every occasion, hunting songs, funeral songs, gossip songs and songs of ancestors, landscapes, animals, seasons, myths and Dreamtime legends.

In This Section You Can Learn More About

Traditional Aboriginal Music

History of the Didgeridoo

How to Play the Didgeridoo

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We are a Southern Arrernte Aboriginal Tribal group whose homelands are situated 100 kms south of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Since 1995 we have owned and operated the Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre in Alice Springs. Our community has been involved in Aboriginal Music for 40,000 years and we would like to now share our knowledge and experience with you.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wentomb'unecala Live

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London National Panorama Steelband Competition 2014 – Metronomes Steel Orchestra

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A secondary school revision resource for GCSE Music about world music and the music of the Carribean

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London National Panorama Steelband Competition 2014 – Metronomes Steel Orchestra

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5 traditional musical instruments from Ireland

Ireland's traditional music (or trad as we call it) has been around centuries - we even discovered a set of wooden pipes in County Wicklow that date back to the Stone Age to prove it.

Here, we look at five trad instruments that musicians from Ireland have been blowing, strumming, picking, plucking and thumping for a very long time indeed.
Bodhrán
Pronounced "bow-rawn," this is known as the heartbeat of trad music for good reason. This large drum is covered with stretched animal skin and struck with a stick (traditionally made from double-ended knucklebone) to provide our music with a pulsating beat that turns listeners into dancers with ease.

Some speculate that the instrument served a double purpose as a husk sifter and grain tray. We prefer it as a drum. For a taster of what the bodhrán has to offer, re-watch Riverdance for the thousandth time.

Hear it at: O'Hanlon's Bar, Mullaghbawn, County Armagh
Uilleann pipes
These ancient pipes have been mesmerising listeners with their haunting tones since the 5 th Century. A popular instrument, the uilleann pipes (meaning "pipes of the elbow" because of their pump-operated bellows) take years to master. It was two County Louth brothers, William and Charles Taylor, who developed our most modern version after emigrating with the instrument from post-Famine Ireland to the United States.

Today, though, Belfast-man John McSherry is our proudest piper and a true master. To imagine how the Ulster-Scot-influenced pipes sound, think Scottish bagpipes but better!

Hear them at: Cultúrlann,Belfast, County Antrim
Celtic Harp
You know an instrument has reached iconic status when it has appeared on a national flag, Euro coins and gets reimagined as a Dublin bridge. The Celtic harp is that very instrument. Variations of the triangular, gut-stringed-instrument have been plucked in Ireland since as long ago as the 10 th Century, when nomadic harpists would travel around Ireland performing songs for food or a warm bed.

In 1792, the Belfast Harp Festival saw the best players competing for prizes. And today, the ornate and ancient Brian Boru harp can be viewed in Trinity College in Dublin.

Hear it at: Cryan's, Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim
Fiddle
Looks can be deceiving. Take the Irish fiddle, for example. This essential trad instrument looks identical to the violin, but its unique playing style and sound set the two apart. In trad music, the high-pitched and expressive fiddle is often heard above all other instruments, and can be euphoric and heart-breaking in equal measure.

Counties Sligo and Donegal have rich fiddling traditions, though recent artists like Daithí from County Clare have been redefining the sound of this sweet instrument.

Hear it at: The Glen Tavern, Glenties, County Donegal
Irish Bouzouki
Adapted from a Greek instrument and brought to Ireland in the 1960s, the Irish bouzouki is the latest addition to our traditional music arsenal. Looking not unlike a giant mandolin, the instrument was popularized by Irish folk legend Dónal Lunny from Tullamore, County Offaly, who uses one in groups Planxty and LAPD.

With such a rich and bright sound its no surprise we stole the idea and made it our own. Bouzoukis are now regulars at many a traditional music session.

Hear it at: The Cobblestone, Smithfield, County Dublin

Ireland's trad music keeps attracting more and more listeners. Between our music schools, concerts and pub sessions, there's no shortage of these spirited tunes or odd instruments in Ireland.

Music-lovers should read about our impact on rock music here.

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Top 5 traditional musical instruments from Ireland

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5 traditional musical instruments from Ireland Ireland's traditional music (or trad as we call it) has been around centuries - we even discovered a set of wooden pipes in County Wicklow that date back to the Stone Age to prove it.

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1. The Irish value their music so much that an Irish harp is pictured on their euro coins.

2. In Irish stepdance, dancers keep their upper bodies stiff while doing intricate footwork.

3. Stepdancers wear two kinds of shoes: hard shoes for the tapping sound; or soft shoes, which are similar to ballet slippers.

4. A céilidh (pronounced "kay-lee") is a traditional Irish or Scottish social gathering, generally involving Gaelic music and dancing.

5. John McCormack was a world famous Irish tenor, performing both operatic repertoire and popular songs. Popular during the first part of the twentieth century, he was one of the first artists to have his music widely distributed on phonograph records.

6. Riverdance, featuring Irish music and dance, was first performed during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. It was so popular that an entire show was built around that act.

7. The top five biggest selling Irish acts of all time are U2, Enya, Van Morrison, The Cranberries, and Westlife.

8. The uilleann pipes are the characteristic bagpipe of Ireland. They are played by pumping a small set of bellows to inflate the bag, then putting pressure on the bag to release air through the reeds. This is very different from the Scottish bagpipes, in which the bag is inflated by the player blowing into a pipe. In fact, some uilleann pipes players can talk or sing while playing.

9. Concertinas and accordions became an important part of Irish folk music in the early 20th century.

10. The bodhrán is the traditional Irish frame drum, which has had a resurgence in popularity since the 1960s.

11. The four-string tenor banjo is now fully accepted in Irish folk music, but this instrument actually originated with African slaves in the United States and was brought back to Ireland by returning emigrants.

12. Informal gatherings at pubs are where most of the Irish folk music action happens today. People gather to learn tunes from each other, usually by ear.

13. The tin whistle was an inexpensive instrument produced by the Clarke company in Manchester, England. Irish schoolchildren learn the basics of playing this simple instrument like American schoolchildren learn the soprano recorder.

14. The Irish harp was played as long ago as the 10th century.

15. The famous song "Danny Boy" is based on the very old Irish melody "Londonderry Air," but the lyrics were written by an Englishman in 1913.

16. Lilting is a form of traditional Gaelic singing in which rhythm and tone dominate and the words are nonsensical. In this way, it resembles scat music.

17. "The Unicorn" is a song written by the poet Shel Silverstein and made very popular by the Canadian band The Irish Rovers in 1968. American poet, Canadian band, Irish singers - isn't the world a fascinating place?

Now that you know these fun facts, how can you integrate them into your St. Patrick's Day activities? Here are some ideas:

Show pictures of the Irish instruments mentioned (or the real version if you have it!)

Do seated movement to music with Irish music, focusing on fancy footwork.

Sing "Danny Boy" together, then watch this video on YouTube.

Try lilting - improvise vocally using nonsense syllables.

Play Irish Music Bingo (available to members in the Resource section.)

What are your ideas? Please share!

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Structuring an African drumming performance

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Structuring an African drumming performance

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IslandWood Teacher Professional Development in Music Education

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Djembe music structure; pattern, call & response break, solos

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A secondary school revision resource for GCSE Music about music for dance and group dance

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Azaad Dhol & Bhangra Group @ Cineworld Wolverhampton

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AMBASSADORS OF DHOL exhibiting cutting edge contemporary beats with traditional bhangra rhythms. To learn how to play the dhol please visit DHOLLESSONSONLINE.COM DHOL BOOKINGS: prit43@hotmail.com Film, editing & post: PRITHPAL SIRJEET

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What is a Raga? Scales in Indian Classical Music - Sadhana's Raag-Hindustani

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An audio-visual explanation to help you understand the concept of a raga, how to identify different ragas, and the role of bandish compositions in Hindustani raga music.

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Ravi Shankar performing classical Indian music

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Ravi Shankar performing classical Indian music

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There are many different styles of music in India. The music described here is North Indian (Hindustani) classical music. You will find a section on bhangra music under the dance topic.

Indian musicians learn to play raga (patterns of notes) by imitating and memorising. The music is passed on from teacher to student by oral tradition . Students belong to an extended family of musicians learning from a particular master. This is known as the master-student tradition .

Most Indian classical music is based on a combination of rag (melodic form), tal (rhythmic form) and drone (sustained note).

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India - Revision 1 - GCSE Music - BBC Bitesize

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A secondary school revision resource for GCSE Music about world music and gamelan music

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Jalikunda African Drums take the Montserrat African Music Festival by storm

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A secondary school revision resource for GCSE Music about world music and the music of Africa