How well can you identify fiddle styles? Put this on as background music and test yourself:
Americans--can you hear when the music changes to "American old Time"? (I did, I think because my Dad was always watching Ken Burns'
Civil War documentary while I was growing up!) Perhaps you recognize the other American styles, too. Irish and Scottish folks, you are going to be the best at recognizing the differences in these, I am sure. Canadians, Swedes, and Brits--I didn't even know y'all had a fiddle tradition before, my apologies. This 20 minutes is such fun--this fellow is really talented!
“If we are honest, we can still love what we are, we can find all the good there is to find, and we may find ways to enhance that good, and to find a new kind of living world which is appropriate for our time.” ― Christopher Alexander
