Irish music
3
2.3
- noun
- /ˈaɪrɪʃ ˈmjuːzɪk/
:
música irlandesa
- During the party, everyone danced to the joyful rhythms of Irish music played by local musicians.
- traditional Irish music
- dancing to Irish music
- play Irish music
Examples
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I would tell them how much I liked Irish music—and they would all move over towards me real friendly-like.
Blog text (10) -
Damien McCarron grew up in Howth outside Dublin and was immersed in Irish music and tradition.
Blog text (7) -
I'm talking about real Irish music.
Fiction book (2001) -
This is a very exciting time for Irish music and the rest of the Celtic world.
Blog text (7) -
Whatever the case for my failure, this 2010 album of traditional Irish music with a modern bent is extremely worthy of wonderful reviews.
Blog text (25) -
There's no doubt that Moore's one genius of Irish music.
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A Chieftains tape was playing sprightly Irish music at full volume, too loud for conversation.
Fiction book (1999) -
The band incorporates Irish music with other genres such as folk, rock, and new age bluegrass.
Blog text (7) -
I have found a public radio station playing Irish music, and I try to pull Rhonda out onto the floor to show off all the moves we've learned.
Fiction book (1999) -
They're listening to "trad" (traditional Irish music) at a pub recommended by an Australian Mattie was chatting up at the B&B.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
300
2.5
Traditional music passed down by people in a community
18
2.0
Traditional songs and tunes that tell a community's stories and ways
How Traditional
3
2.3
19
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'Irish' (pertaining to Ireland) + 'music' (organized sounds), so a learner who knows both words will understand it denotes music from Ireland. This adjectival noun composition is a common cross-linguistic pattern and requires no idiomatic knowledge, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Irish music grew from old village dances and pub songs in Ireland, where people played lively tunes on the fiddle, whistle and a small drum so everyone could sing and dance together. So, the phrase now means 'traditional music from Ireland' with those lively tunes and rhythms.