Bardic Arts

Bardic Arts in the SCA refers to a number of related arts including:

• singing
• storytelling
• music performance
• music composition
• poetry

A bard was a professional poet and sometimes a singer as well. The term bard was historically used in the British Isles. In Europe such artists were known by other terms (e.g. minstrel, skald). In the SCA the terms bard and minstrel are often used interchangably.

See Also

• Troubadour
• Minnesinger