Wp/nth/Music o Northumbria

I this context Northumbria is tyen te mean Northumberland, the northrenmyest coonty on England, an Coonty Durham. Accordin te 'World Music: The region is weel-knawn for itsballad ballad tradition, the Northumbrian smaapipes (a mack o bagpipe that is unique te the twe coonties) an a strang fiddle tradition 'at wes aariddy weel-established bi the 1690s. Northumbrian music hes a sartain amoont ov influence frae music frev other airts, abuin aa frae the sooth o Scotland, other pairts o Northren England, an frev Irish immigrants an aa.

Local musical forms an styles
Northumbria shares wi the Scottish mairches a lang history o border ballads, sic as 'The Ballad o Chevy Chase'. It hes its awn macks o foak dances an aa, sic as the rapper dancin an the Durham an Northumberland style o clog dancing. Northumbrian dance music is varra different iv its style an form te the music 'at is fund iv other parits ov England. It is mair siccan-like tiv Irish an Scottish dance music. Dances frae the twe coonties hes the kenspeckle rant step an aa.