> Well, I wouldn't exactly call it "instrumental versions of songs." Most > of those tunes were around as fiddle music before Burns got to them and > set songs to them!
That's very true; when I spoke of "fiddle music" though, I was thinking more of the reels, jigs, strathspeys and airs that dominate the modern form, rather than the whole of everything that's ever been played on a fiddle. The tunes on CD are mostly melodies that don't seem to follow the form of dances or airs, which makes them sound different. I have only listened to the CD a couple times, so I'm sure there's stuff I didn't notice yet. I haven't read through the liner notes on V2 yet either. It's a little challenging because I got Alasdair and Natalie to autograph it and they wrote on the notes... I'll do some comparitive listening now that I know the fiddles are different. Bob Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
