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The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period. It is often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music.
- Instruments
- Fiddle
- Melodeon
- Piano Accordion
- Button Accordion
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Many instruments are traditionally associated with playing English Folk Music – some boast a longer association than others – for instance the pipe and tabor have been used since mediaeval times whilst the concertina was invented in the 1820s. Instruments vary in the range of notes they are capable of making. Some are fully chromatic and able to pl...
Often tuned identically to a classical violin, it is the technique and style of playing folk music on it that makes it a fiddle. The fiddle has been associated with folk music for many centuries. Recently there has been an increase in popularity of the cello and viola in folk music too.
The melodeon has a set of bellows with buttons (often in two rows) on the right hand side providing the melody by allowing air through banks of reeds. There are fewer buttons on the left hand side, which provide bass notes and chords. The notes on both sides are different depending on whether the bellows are being pushed or pulled by the player. Me...
A set of bellows with a piano keyboard on the right hand side, and plenty of buttons offering bass notes and chords on left hand side. All the notes are the same on the push and pull of the bellows. Accordions are fully chromatic.
A set of bellows with buttons on the right hand side arranged in 3 rows, playing in the keys of B, C and C#. This allows the instrument to be fully chromatic. The notes on this side are different on the push and pull of the bellows. There are buttons on the left hand side, which provide bass notes and chords (as the piano accordion) – and are the s...
Learn about the history and features of various instruments used in English folk music, such as fiddle, melodeon, accordion, pipe and tabor. Find out how they differ in range, technique and style of playing.
Há 6 dias · folk music, type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading.
9 de nov. de 2012 · Obviously, most instruments are used to play many different types of music, so it is easier to find folk-related resources for those (such as free-reeds, dulcimers and bagpipes) which are primarily folk instruments.
A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical music or other elite and formal musical genres of the culture concerned, though related intruments may be.
The UK has a long, unique, and fascinating musical history, and the story of Britain can be told through its musical objects. Here are some instruments with distinctively British accents. Group...
You can hear English Folk Music at sessions and concerts, at social dances (ceilidhs/barn dances) and with performance dance (morris, rapper, clog, longsword etc.) and at festivals, competitions and celebrations (religious and secular).
