Does Celtic music have anything to do with the music that ancient Celts actually played? What was their music like, do we know?

by weightoflostdreams
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There's always more to be said, but you can read my answer to essentially this question here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/58c43q/celtic_music_is_a_popular_music_genre_nowadays/d8zd4b7/

The TLDR; is "not really," but it generally depends on how you define "Celts" and "Celtic" and "anything to do with."

Feel free to ask any follow-up questions, although I'll say that my knowledge of the current iteration "Celtic music" (of the past couple hundred years) is much more extensive than my knowledge of the ancient variety. Maybe someone who knows more about the ancient "Celts" will have some insight.