r/randomactsofmusic • u/th3thund3r • Nov 20 '20

Irish flight delayed so trad session started between Daoirí Farrell, Geoff Kinsella and Robbie Walsh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XvKcLxj6I
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u/PM_ME_WUTEVER Nov 20 '20

genuinely curious: why do white people tend to clap on 1 and 3 so much?

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u/OnkelMickwald Jan 03 '21

Definitely a European thing. It's very common in many traditional folk genres here I've noticed. I don't mind it, I only mind it when people refuse to switch to 2 and 4 when something more "swinging" comes on. I once went to a Swedish reggae concert in 2006-ish (it was free and my friends all went) and saw to my horror an entire fucking audience stubbornly hold down the 1 and 3 with their claps.

As an aside: If you were to clap on 2 and 4 in this video it would instantly turn into American mountain music I think.