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Traditional Music of IRELAND

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[Ballyshannon, Ireland]

INFO

GENERAL
Irish History on the Web http://larkspirit.com/history/
Nupedia, Larry Sanger: Irish traditional music  http://www.nupedia.com/article/short/Irish+traditional+music/
Standing Stones: The Origins of Traditional Irish Music http://www.standingstones.com/irishem.html

PLAY

IRISH
Bill Black: Zouki's Helpful Harmony Hints: Accompanying Irish Music http://www.qmcorp.net/zouki/help/harmony.html
Dr. Christopher Smith: Improvising Melodic Accompaniments http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/impcontr.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Determining Modes and Modal Substitutions http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/modes.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Chord Substitutions http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/substit.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Picking Exercises http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/picking.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Constructing Sets of Dance Tunes http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/tunesets.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Session Dynamics http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/sesdynam.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: On Time and Technique for Plucked Strings in Irish Traditional Music http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/timetech.txt
Dr. Christopher Smith: Picking Jigs - Making the Rhythmic Feel of Jigs Work on a Plectrum Instrument. http://www.geocities.com/coyotebanjo/instruction/sixeight.txt

BOOKS, DISCS, VIDEOS

IRISH
David James: Irish Music and Song Sources http://www.tiompanalley.com/index_files/1st_five/source.htm

DISCUSSION & GROUPS

IRISH
IRTRAD-L Irish Traditional Music Mail List http://listserv.heanet.ie/irtrad-l.html

OTHER RESOURCES

IRISH
AOIFE On-line: Association of Irish Festival Events http://www.aoifeonline.com/
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ): organises sessions,
classes, concerts, festivals, exhibitions, fleadhanna cheoil		 http://www.comhaltas.org/
Irish Music Magazine: Music Sessions in Ireland http://mag.irish-music.net/Sessions/Sessions.htm
Irish Traditional Music Archive: multi-media reference archive and resource centre for the traditional song, music and dance of Ireland http://www.itma.ie/
Music Network: Irish Music Handbook Online - resource list of education, organizations, festivals, promoters & venues, composers, media http://www.musicnetwork.ie/imhonline.html

IRISH LANGUAGE
Daltaí na Gaeilge: Irish Language Information and Resources.  Grammar, Phrases, Audio pronounciation samples. http://www.daltai.com/home.htm
Dingle Peninsula Events: Foclóir Gaelach/Irish Dictionary, Phrase Tutorial http://www.dingle-region.com/irishlanguage.htm
Gramadach Lexicon: Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic Dictionaries http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/Gram/
The Irish People: Learn Irish - a study course in Irish http://www.leyline.org/cra/languages/IrishPeople/
Musical Traditions: Irish Pronunciation - the basics http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/irish.htm
YourDictionary.com: Breton, Welsh Brythonic, Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic Language Dictionaries http://yourdictionary.com/languages/celtic.html#goidelic

SCHOOLS

IRISH MUSIC
Irish World Music Centre http://www.ul.ie/~iwmc/

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