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

[Toby Rider]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, John Chambers wrote:


> So you'd think that fiddlers with a classical background  would  know
> and understand that different musical groups use different intonation
> rules.  Traditional Scottish music shouldn't be anything  other  than
> yet another sort of intonation, to be mastered if you want to pass as
> a Scottish fiddler.


        You would think that this would be the case. However it so often
isn't the case, that I forever swore off playing in an group with more
then two other fiddles. 

Toby


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