[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Do you have to play the music in a
Scottish manner? >>
Absolutely. "Scottish Style" is one of the Evaluation Criteria. As Jo
Morrison (Chair of the Competition Committee for the SHSA) wrote regarding a
Master harper's qualifications in the most recent Kilt & Harp:
"A strong feeling of a Scottish lilt of Scottish "accent" to the tune is
needed. The arrangement of the tune must be Scottish in style."
So if you're playing a strathspey, there'd better be a "jink 'n' diddle" in
the rhythm. (To steal a phrase from Robert Burns.)
--Cynthia Cathcart
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