Wp/nth/Music o Northumbria

I this context Northumbria is tyen te mean Northumberland, the northrenmaist coonty on England, an Coonty Durham. Accordin te 'World Music: The region is weel-knawn for its ballad ballad tradition, the Northumbrian smawpipes (a kind o bagpipe at is unique te the region) as weel as a strang fiddle tradition at was awriddy weel-established bi the 1690s. Northumbrian music tyeks influence frev other British traditions, and myest ov aw frae Scotland, Ireland and other pairts o Northren England.

Local musical forms an styles
Northumbria and the Scottish mairches hez byeth got a lang history o border ballads, sic as 'The Ballad o Chevy Chase'. Northumbria hez its awn repertoire o folk dances an aw, the twe myest weel-knawn bein rapper dancin an Durham an Northumberland style clog dancin. Northumbrian dance music hez a varra different style te music fand iv other pairts ov England. It is mair siccanlike tiv Irish and Scottish dance music, wiv a rare-brokken drivin quaver rhythm.

Mony Northumbrians tuins is shared wiv other pairts o the world, and abuin aw wiv Ireland, Scotland and other regions o Northren England. Hooiver there is offen a difference atween a Northumbrian varsion ov a sang and variants on't frev other pairts o the world. The Irish tune, 'The Chorus Jig', at hez three strains, is fand i the Northumbrian tradition as 'Holey Hawpenny', an ornate five-strain variation set. A Scottish strathspey, 'Struan Robertson's Rant' appears, withoot the Scotch snap, as a smawpipe tune caw'd 'Cuckold come oot o the Amrey', a lang variation set. Thor twe examples shows hoo we offen cannet say for çartain where an awd sang comes fra; ilk can be played wiv a primitive instrument, an may hae been played lang afore the forst publication, as they hae been sin-syne. Assumptions o regional origins can gan agyen the study o music unnertyen biv enthusiastic musicians (at may hae their awn allegiances) hooaniver, regional varsions an styles (sic as Northumbrian) is nobbut a different matter awthegither, acause they hae reliable established sources.

Tunes i hornpipe rhythm is weel-appreciated i the region, byeth for playin and dancin, and in particular clog dancin. Yen rhythm at is popular i the region is the rant, used for figur dances sic as The Morpeth Rant wiv a characteristic step; musically it is siccanlike tiv a reel, tho a bit slawer, and wi mair ov a lilt tid.