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GLOSSARY OF PERFORMANCE TERMS
under construction - 5/15/01
awdl measures
[AOO dull] Odes.
See Gwenllian's Poetry Primer for details.
awenydd
[ah WEN ith] Poet.
beirdd
[BEARth] Bard.
cynghanedd
[king HA neth] Poetic alliteration.
See Gwenllian's Poetry Primer for details.
cywyddau
[kuh WUH thay] Cywydd measures.
See Gwenllian's Poetry Primer for details.
englynion
[eng GLUH nyon] Englyns.
See Gwenllian's Poetry Primer for details.
gosteg
[GOS tayg] Bard's call to silence -- played on the harp.
mabinog
[ma BEE nok] From Lady Charlotte Guest, "a student of the bardic class".
sean nos
[shan NOS] Traditional Irish mode of singing: unaccompanied and solo.
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