Cape Breton fiddling - Wikipedia
Cape Breton fiddling is a regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. The more predominant style in Cape Breton Island's fiddle music was brought to North America by Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances. [1]
Cape Breton Fiddle Style - YouTube
Learn about the types of tunes often played in the Gaelic music tradition and the unique fiddling style of Cape Breton Island in this demonstration filmed at...
Cape Breton Fiddlers Association
The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association was established in 1973. It promotes traditional Cape Breton style music through fiddle, guitar, piano, singers, step dancers, and lovers of Cape Breton Fiddle Music. Winner of our annual scholarship for 2023 is.
Cape Breton Music - Canadian Studies Center
Cape Breton fiddle has a powerful rhythmic feel affected with quick snaps of the bow, rapid-fire ornaments and forceful bowing patterns. Indeed, the Cape Breton style is the most rhythmic Celtic fiddle style, as many of the other Celtic styles have moved away from their connections to …
Cape Breton Fiddlers' Association - History
History of the Cape Breton Fiddlers' Association. In February, 1972, a CBC documentary entitled The Vanishing Cape Breton Fiddler was produced by Ron MacInnis. The premise of this film was the traditional Cape Breton violin music was in a state of decline, and that it …
With Roots in 19th-Century Scotland, Cape Breton–Style Playing …
Cape Breton fiddling came to this picturesque part of Maritime Canada in the early 19th century when Gaelic-speaking Scots, displaced by the Highland Clearances, flooded the island. The immigrants were impoverished, but rich in culture. They clung to their language and music, particularly step dancing and fiddling.
Ethnography of Fiddle/Cape Breton Fiddle - Wikibooks
Aug 6, 2017 · Cape Breton fiddling is a regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. Cape Breton Island's fiddle music was brought to North America by Scotland|Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances.
Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling 2022 | Destination Cape Breton
Dec 20, 2024 · Fiddlers, piano players, singers, dancers, and guitar players will congregate on the grounds of the Gaelic College, Colaisde na Gaidhlig, in St. Ann’s, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on the weekend of August 20 - 21 to celebrate the 49th annual Festival of Cape Breton Fiddling.
Fiddle Tunes from Around the World Session – hosted by Howie MacDonald GALA CONCERT: 2:00 p.m. ~ 7:00 p.m. (Featuring the best of local, national, and international talent)
Cape Breton Fiddling | Bowing Down Home
When Cape Breton fiddling broadcasts and recordings first reached PEI in the late 1930s, they created a sensation among many Island fiddlers. To begin with, the playing represented a far higher level of performance practice and technical development than …