I have so many CD's, it's hard to know where to start! I can tell you the ones I seem to pull out most often, although, this list is a mix of Scot/Shetlands/and Cape Breton.
Willie Hunter,( he was from the Shetlands, but seemed to favor Scots tunes)
David Greenburg,( the most fabulous bowing
Irena Aligizakis writes:
| Would a fiddler play at a different tempo for people
| doing a Scottish country dance than for a stepdancer?
| I'm just wondering b/c ever since I started
| stepdancing I'm a lot more conscious of rhythm and
| tempo and things like that in music.
Yep. Step dancers
Bob Rogers wrote:
| Cynthia Cathcart wrote:
| While we're talking about reels, and since there are a good smattering
| of fiddlers here, I will hazard another question: how fast are they
| usually played for dancers? One organization here in the States
| advertises the actual tempo of reels at
Bob Rogers wrote:
* CDs to buy: I've got CDs by Alasdair Fraser, Bonnie Rideout, Elke
Baker, and John Taylor. I've also got cds by a bunch of Irish fiddlers.
I want to buy more Scottish fiddle CDs. I don't want CDs of bands that
have fiddles, just fiddler's CDs.
I've recently run across John
