first four
old style
hundreds of years
passed orally
generation to generation
2nd four
eg of pure trad music
words>tune
rhythm dictated by speech rhythm
no dynamics or vibrato
3rd four
nasalisation glottal stops interpolated vowel sounds
improvised orna
never same
melodic or rhythmic orna
last 4
free rhythm/metre
unaccompanied
variation of tune verse to verse
personal styles
regional styles because
learned from singers in region like accents
connemara high orna
west cork/kerry nasal and glottal
west waterford and donegal simpler more melodic
songs
anach chuain boating tragedy
an sagairtín
bean an fhir rua love song
singers
noirín ó roinn
Joe Heaney
Aodh ó domhnall