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On their eponymous album, Leahy, they play tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton as well as some American old-time tunes, some Down East tunes and a set of French-Canadian flavored tunes. The well-loved family group Leahy is an excellent example of this influence. The Celtic music scenes in Canada are often based on traditions that came from Ireland and Scotland primarily. Nearly all of these styles are Anglo-Canadian in origin, or are performed by English speakers, the major exception being the Francophone music of Newfoundland and the Ottawa Valley. In Canada, Celtic music refers to a wide variety of musical genres that range from the Celtic rock of Western Canada to the traditional dance tunes of Newfoundland. Of course, these similarities are not universal, and it has been argued that Celtic music as a definition has little real meaning.

Stepdancing is shared across a wide number of Celtic countries as is “mouth music”, the tradition of sung instrumental tunes for dancing. Another similarity can be found in the rhythms, which are usually in variations of duple and triple time.

This binary structure consists of tunes that have two parts, A and B, that repeat in this fashion: AABB. For one, a specific binary structure for instrumental tunes is common to Celtic music. However, there are some similarities that seem to travel well between Celtic countries. Of course, the traditional music of these places is not homogenous and there are so many differences between musical styles that they are often unintelligible from one another. In most of these cases, a native linguistic form of Gaelic is the main connection between cultures.

These Celtic countries are generally said to include Ireland, Scotland, Brittany in Western France, the Shetland and Orkney Islands, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Gaelicia in Spain, and occasionally Northern Italy. Celtic music is usually considered to be defined as the music of countries and cultures that claim Celtic heritage.

“Celtic music” is one of the more problematic labels in the world music industry, as it groups together many disparate cultures into one rather vague term.