Sean-nós (Irish for "old style") is a highly ornamented style of unaccompanied traditional Irish singing.
Traditional Irish sean-nós songs can be relatively simple. However many are long, extremely stylized and melodically complex. A good performance classically involves substantial ornament and rhythmic variations from verse to verse.
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