Session discussion

I found this amazing discussion about fusion music on ‘The Session’ website – it starts off with the following and gets more and more involved to see the full thread click here it starts in the following way…….

Hi all.

Does anyone have any ideas on why Irish music completely avoids some of the scales used in other musical traditions – for example “phrygian” scales with flat seconds etc..?

A couple of observations come to mind in this connection:

It seems that pretty much all the scales used in Irish music are used in Indian music, including the use of varying versions when ascending vs descending. Without wanting to offend anyone, I might say that the scales of Irish music form a kind of “subset” of the raga system of Indian classical music.

I’ve heard some amazing music by a group called “The lost music of Celtarabia.” Anyone else heard this and have any comments?

Thoughts/reflections appreciated.

Robin

Celtarabia described by Mark Pollard organiser of The Hull Folk Festival

"After a full day of music and a fair bit of drinking, the crowd was starting to get itchy feet. The first signs were a bit of shuffling and swaying, which became more animated whenever an act performed an upbeat number, and ended up with people jigging and reeling at the front of the stage. By the time the final act was ready to play they really needed something more, though; something that would allow them to absolutely lose themselves in sound and rhythm. Thankfully, that final act were Celtarabia; right from the off the crowd became a seething mass of whirling dervishes, immersed in 45 minutes of hypnotic world and roots fusion. There really was no finer way to end the day!"

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