IRISH MUSIC: Instruments Flashcards
Fiddle player
Martin Hayes
Tin whistle player
Paddy Maloney
Flute player
Matt Molloy
Concertina player
Sharon Shannon, Noel Hill
Uileann pipes player
Paddy Maloney
Button accordion
Sharon Shannon
Bones and Spoons player
Mel Mercier
Bodhran player
Paddy Maloney and Mel Mercier
Guitar
Arty McGlynne
Bouzouki
Donal Lunny
Bento Player
Gerry O’Connor
Mandolin player
Andy Irvine
Harpsichord player
Sean O’Riada
Piano
Michael O’Sulleabhain
Piano accordion player
Sharon Shannon
Harp player
Gráinne Yeats
Piano accordion important features
- treble and bass
- piano keyboard
- big and heavy
- sounds like fairground
Harp important features
NEW: -wood, nylon strings, 32 strings, fingertips OLD: -wood, brass, fingernails, 28 strings BOTH: -Trad
Piano important features
- solo and accompaniment
- non-trad
Harpsichord important features
- to imitate old harp
- accompaniment
- non-trad
Mandolin important features
- double strings
- very high pitch
- non trad
Banjo important features
- tenor banjo
- steel strings
- trad
Bouzouki important features
- Greek origin
- accompaniment
- steel strings
- non trad
Guitar important features
- accompaniment
- non trad
Bodhran important features
- cipin
- calf skin
- trad
Bones and spoons important features
- ribs of a cow
- trad
Button accordion important features
- fully chromatic
- has a bass
- accompaniment
- trad
Uileann pipes important features
- chanter, drones, regulators, bellows,
- bag
- use elbow
- trad
Concertina important features
- “The Box”
- no bass line
- accompaniment
- high pitched
Flute important features
- made of wood
- open holed
- trad
Tin whistle important features
- tin
- 6 holes
- usually tuned to D
- trad
Fiddle important features
- violin
- stays in 1st sit ion
- little to no vibrato
- trad
