Guide to Irish Traditional Music - History & Dance Styles
Added: 05 Dec 2019
Contributor:
Rebecca Fitzpatrick
Resource type:
Presentation
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Primary Source
A brief presentation on the history of Irish traditional music including its origins and the instruments used. Also includes an overview of different dance styles - jigs, polkas, reels, hornpipes etc.
How it maps to the curriculum
- 5-6
- Music
Strand: Listening & Responding
Strand unit: Listening and responding to music
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- distinguish the main instrument heard in a piece of music
- identify six-eight time in moving to music
- listen to and describe a broad range of musical styles and traditions, including familiar excerpts, recognising where appropriate its function and historical context
- recognise strong and weak-beat patterns, illustrating them through gestures
Suggestions for use: Could be used in conjunction with 'introduction to Irish traditional instruments' Powerpoint (also on scoilnet.ie).
