Toby Rider wrote: > >The one thing which concerns me is the repertoire. The instigator is > >English, and he has been teaching a majority of irish tunes. It > >always strikes me as sad that here in Perthshire, historically a > >very strong centre of Scottish fiddle music (home of the Gows and > >many, many other giants of Scots fiddling) a basically Irish > >repertoire is learned. The good news is that the youngsters are > >enthused by the likes of Catriona MacDonald, The Wrigley Sisters, > >etc: there are role models in Scottish music, and the young people > >are finding them.
> Are they playing the Irish tunes in a very Irish-style, or are they > just taking Irish tunes and playing them in their own particularly > regional style? Difficult to say conclusively, because that repertoire is now coming directly from CDs. Also, the guy behind the Blackford Fiddlers is not from the region, so you couldn't say there is a distinctive regional style. There won't be a regional style these days (in Scotland) unless there is a strong fiddler who teaches lots of youngsters. Donald Riddell was one such; he was taught by Alexander Grant, a fiddle maker and a friend of Scott Skinner. Riddell in turn taught many fiddlers who are now acknowledging their debt: Bruce MacGregor, Iain MacFarlane, Greg Borland, and so on. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
