Puirt à beul (pronounced [pʰurˠʃtʲ a ˈpial̪ˠ], literally "tunes from a mouth") is a traditional form of song native to Scotland (known as portaireacht...
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England and Scotland), mouth music, jigging, chin music or cheek music, puirt à beul or canntaireachd in Scottish Gaelic, or portaireacht bhéil (port a'bhéil...
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songs in Gaelic and melding the bagpipes and Gaelic song forms such as puirt a beul with techno and house beats. Niteworks came together in early 2008. Shortly...
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Mouth music may refer to: Puirt a beul, a Scottish traditional music style Mouth Music (band), a band who sings in that style A capella singing Scat singing...
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languages. Characteristic forms of Gaelic music include sean-nós and puirt à beul singing, piobaireachd, jigs, reels, and strathspeys. The six Celtic nationalities...
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a photograph by Louis DeCarlo. The subject of the song is particularly humorous. The song, which is actually made up of two, is a set of Puirt a beul...
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shown as a communal activity for the island's women. Long Èireannach Puirt à beul Dadeumi, a traditional Korean practice of beating cloth to a musical...
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Burns supper (redirect from Address To a Haggis)
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The...
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specified tempo using instruments like pipes, whistles, fiddles, or puirt-a-beul (mouth music). It entails producing rhythmic beats through intricate...
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drumming Konnakol Scat singing Puirt a beul Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box Beatrhyming Incredibox TOWARD A BEATBOXOLOGY, Human Beatbox...
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Traditional rhythmic styles used to accompany dancing and now performed are Puirt a beul from Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Sean-nós...
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Whisky Galore! (1949 film) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
drinking and singing in unison in puirt à beul (trans: "mouth music"). According to McArthur, the music and the action show a social, communal event, with...
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the category of "mouth music" (Puirt a beul), used to create music for dancing in the absence of instruments. It is a strathspey song and is commonly...
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English folk music (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period. It is often contrasted with courtly, classical...
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means a social visit. In contemporary usage, it usually involves dancing and playing Gaelic folk music, either at a home or a larger concert at a social...
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influenced by the intonations of the Scots-Gaelic language, especially Puirt a Beul (mouth music) and strathspeys. The ornaments are adapted from those used...
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Solid Air (John Martyn, Danny Thompson), Puirt A Beul set: O Mhisgh A'Chuir A Nollaig Oirnn / Cape Breton Port A Beul / Ann MacKeachnie's Favoutire / Bealach...
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trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History of Irish Music (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood...
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The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class...
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(small) choir sings a counter melody over a harp melody. Waulking song Puirt à beul Kan ha diskan Sean-nós singing Celtic hip hop Celtic rock Celtic metal...
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The jig (Irish: port, Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn) is a form of lively folk dance in compound metre, as well as the accompanying dance tune. It first...
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A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common. The most common...
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side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff...
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Sean-nós singing ("old-style singing") in Ireland. Other subgenres include puirt à beul (mouth-music) and waulking songs. In the Western Isles of Scotland, the...
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Goidelic (or Gaelic) and Brittonic (or Brythonic). Pictish is usually seen as a Brittonic language but this is not universally accepted. They are known collectively...
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"Annie" Arnott (née Mackenzie; 1887–1978) was a Scottish singer who sang in Scottish Gaelic in the puirt à beul style. Arnott was born and raised in Linicro...
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Talisk are a Scottish folk band composed of Mohsen Amini, Benedict Morris, and Charlie Galloway. The band rose to prominence after winning the 2015 BBC...
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whistling champions Piedmont High School (California) § Bird Calling Contest Puirt à beul Rosita Serrano, whistling performer nicknamed Chilenische Nachtigall...
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performed "a hornpipe in the character of a Jack Tar" at Drury Lane Theatre, after which, in 1741 at Covent Garden we hear of "a hornpipe by a gentleman...
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Smile. A regular Gaelic singing competitor, Dunlop won the gold medal at the Royal National Mòd in 2010, the Oban Times Gold medal and Puirt-a-Beul competitions...
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