Welsh Folk Music

• Where is Welsh Folk Music likely to be played?

  Eisteddfod

  Sporting Events
• What is 'plygain'?

  Traditional Welsh folk music where verses are sung in three or four voice arrangements
• What traditional instruments are commonly used to perform Welsh folk music?

  Crwth - Early string instrument played with a bow

  Pibgorn - Simple reed instrument

  Tin Whistle

  Tabwrdd - Kind of portable snare drum
• What are the features of Welsh folk music?

  Uncomplicated melodies

  Simple style

  Modal

  Strophic form

  Repetition

  Conjunct movement

  Minor mode
• What is Cerdd Dant?

  The practice of singing or performing poetry to a harp playing a set melody