Re: [scots-l] What makes a style "Scottish?"

[Jack Campin]

> the "offending" notes sometimes have more to do with the fingering on
> the fiddle and how difficult it is to play them.  Therefore, it is not
> necessarily the same intervals which offend in each key.  This I can
> see because for instance, I have a terrible time playing in tune in E
> major.  It drives me crazy.

I wonder whether this is the point of using that key?  By far the most
popular E major tune round here is "Calliope House".  Wimp fiddlers play
it in D and it never sounds as good that way - maybe the variations in
intonation produced by the technical difficulties Kate describes could
be part of what gives it its distinctive character?

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