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Sean nós singing III - Regional styles (Donegal (Singers (Doimnic Mac…
Sean nós singing III - Regional styles
Donegal
Rhythm more regular
Rhythm variation is a key feature
Glottal stops
Splitting one note into several shorter notes
Melodic style quite clean, less ornamented
Similarities with Scottish Gaelic singing
Songs
Máire Bhruinneall
An Mhaighdean Mhara
Singers
Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde
Grace Toland
Eamonn Mac Ruairí
Lillis O Laoire
Key features
3 main regional styles
Not set in stone
Personal style of the singer also matters
Munster
Less melismatic ornamentation
Performances
Ornamentation
Rhythmic variation (glottal stops)
Subtle use of dynamics
Wider intervallic leaps, wide-ranging melodies
Songs
Roísin Dubh
(aisling)
Singers
Nioclás Tóibín
Iarla O Lionáird
Nell Ní Chróinín
Connacht
Connemara
Musical features
Pronounced melismatic ornamentation
Long, unbroken highly ornamented phrases
Noticeably free rhythm
Smaller melodic range, less intervallic leaps than Muster
Nazalisation
Songs
Eanach Cuain
Amhrán Mhuighinse
Singers
Sarah Ghriallais
Joe Heaney