PART 1 WORLD INSTRUMENTS

1. Match each instrument to its country of origin and to the pictures. 

Listen to the audio below and try to match each extract to the instruments in the book. You will hear each instrument twice.

PART 2 IRISH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

1. Match the traditional Irish instruments to the pictures and the audio.

Listen to the audio extract below and fill in the grid in the book. You will hear each instrument twice.

PART 4 BETWEEN THE JIGS AND THE REELS

Match the traditional Irish music styles in the descriptions with the audios.

Listen online by clicking  below or click on the  download symbol in the top right-hand corner of the ‘soundcloud’ link below to start your free download. 

PART 6 WHISKEY IN THE JAR

Listen to a version of a popular Irish song by The Dubliners about a highwayman in the 17th century. Listen and fill in the gaps.

Dubliners Version:

Whiskey in the Jar

7. Listen to Thin Lizzy’s version of the song online and also to a version by American heavy metal band Metallica. Which is your favourite version? 

Thin Lizzy Version: 

Metallica Version:

World Instruments 2

PART 2 IRISH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Irish Instruments 1

Irish Instruments 2

PART 3 THE HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC

www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-traditional-music-history

www.blog.mcneelamusic.com/from-sean-nos-to-trad-fusion-a-brief-history-of-irish-music/

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_traditional_music

PART 4 BETWEEN THE JIGS AND THE REELS

Irish Jig

Irish Reel

Slow Air

Harp Music

Sean-nós

Songs (In Irish or English)

PART 5 SEISIÚN

www.blog.mcneelamusic.com/the-irish-trad-session-explained/

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_traditional_music_session