Slow air explained

A slow air is a type of tune in Irish traditional music, marked by the absence of strict metre or structure, melodically "open ended" and generally derived from the melody of a sung song but instead played on a solo melodic instrument.^[1] The melodies are often drawn from the sean-nós solo singing tradition.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. registration. 1 September 1999. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-8802-8. 350–.
2. Book: Kip Lornell. Anne K. Rasmussen. The Music of Multicultural America: Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States. 4 January 2016. University Press of Mississippi. 978-1-62674-609-1. 70–.