Forms
There are musical genres and styles specific to each Celtic country, due in part to the influence of individual song traditions and the characteristics of specific languages:
- Celtic traditional music
- Strathspeys are specific to Highland Scotland, for example, and it has been hypothesized that they mimic the rhythms of the Scottish Gaelic language.
- Reels
- Pibroch
- Cerdd Dant (string music) or Canu Penillion (verse singing) is the art of vocal improvisation over a given melody in Welsh musical tradition. It is an important competition in eisteddfodau. The singer or (small) choir sings a counter melody over a harp melody.
- Waulking song
- Puirt à beul
- Kan ha diskan
- Sean-nós song
- Celtic hip hop
- Celtic rock
- Celtic metal
- Celtic punk
- Celtic fusion
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