Music - the British tradition

Music, of one kind or another, has been around for almost as long as people.

In fact, the idea of music pre-dates written history and many tunes have had to be 'carried on' by what is known as 'oral tradition' or singing from memory songs which you have heard sung by another person.

We felt that an introduction to early music was important so people would understand where their musical heritage came from.

This section is intended to grow over time but, as with all things, we had to start somewhere...

The first few pages outline the roots of the earliest known British music and begin to explain where the UK's musical traditions came from.

The origins of many actual songs have been lost over the years but knowing the fundemental history of music is very important if you want to understand music properly today.

Troubadors, travellers and even returning Crusaders all played their part in our rich and exciting cultural evolution.

Hopefully this, necessarily brief, introduction will inspire you - so that you want to find out more for yourself!