Welsh bardic music

Until the 17th century a bard would compose a poem knowing it was going to be sung. Poetry was called music of the tongue and string music was called music of the string. Cerdd means either poetry or music. When bardic music died out the knowledge of how the music was set also died out.

External links

• Music of the Robert ap Huw Manuscript
• 1 and 0 a compositional basis on Bragod website
• Medieval Welsh Bardic Music, Interpreting the Robert ap Huw MS. by William Taylor