Cerdd Dant

Nansi Richards (harp) and Emrys Jones (tenor)

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Cerdd Dant (Welsh for 'string music', or penillion) is the art of vocal improvisation over a given melody in Welsh musical tradition. It is an important competition in eisteddfodau. The singer or (small) choir sings a counter melody over a harp melody.^[1]

^ "About Cerdd Dant". Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru. Retrieved 5 May 2012. The harp always plays a set melody – a traditional melody or a melody composed in the traditional style. The singer waits for a few bars and then sings his or her words on a counter melody

[1] "About Cerdd Dant". Cymdeithas Cerdd Dant Cymru. Retrieved 5 May 2012. The harp always plays a set melody – a traditional melody or a melody composed in the traditional style. The singer waits for a few bars and then sings his or her words on a counter melody

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