Longevity

Alright,

so the next thing we're gonna look at is the longevity of traditional music.

Uh and how the flaw can actually have a positive effect on that.

Um So we're gonna start by looking again at community.

And so like I was saying before the fall

brings together players from all regions and areas now,

even including outside of Ireland.

Um and so that's beneficial because it exposes players two ways of playing or

ideas or techniques that they might not have had in their own area.

So when it was more insular, they might not have had those things,

bringing in kind of fresh perspectives on the music that really

keep the music alive and exciting and it keeps people interested.

So that can be a positive thing.

And then the next thing is that in addition

to bringing together players from all these different areas,

it also brings together players from different age groups.

So that's crucial to keeping traditional music alive,

is having these people who really know the

have been doing it for years,

being able to show it to younger people who aren't as familiar

and haven't spent that time with it yet.

And so having this intergenerational group of musicians is

very beneficial to keeping the music alive and well.

And then the next area we're going to look at,

which can be beneficial in some ways is the competitions.

Um And so what that does is, on the one hand, can add competitiveness,

which could perhaps make people,

particularly younger musicians want to practice more and improve their skills.

So that's going to be beneficial to the music perhaps.

And then the next thing is that in order to be adjudicated,

there has to be kind of a common repertoire for people to play and be adjudicated on.

And so having this kind of common repertoire of tunes means that people

are able to play with more musicians from all over the place.

And that helps to keep the musical Live as well because they're playing with

all these people instead of just having it in their own insular community,

their small community where if there's only,

say 10 musicians and a few of them maybe die,

some of them stop playing well now the music is going to be lost.

Whereas this way,

by having more people who can play the same songs and play together, um,

it's gonna survive longer.

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