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"Flowers of Edinburgh" is a traditional fiddle tune, of eighteenth century Scottish lineage. It is also prominent in American fiddle , Canadian fiddle and wherever old time fiddle is cultivated. The tune is also the basis for a Morris Dance , in the Bledington style.
Scotland has influenced Donegal fiddling in various ways. Workers from Donegal would go to Scotland in the summer and bring back Scottish tunes with them; Donegal fiddlers have used Scottish tunebooks and learned from records of Scottish fiddlers like J. Scott Skinner and Mackenzie Murdoch.
By this time he was a talented fiddle player with a wide repertoire of Scottish and Shetland tunes. He soon made his mark in Lerwick musical circles, playing with the amateur Lerwick Orchestra and in dance bands. When war broke out in 1939 Tammy's interest in radio took him into the RAF, ultimately as a radar mechanic, and he was posted to ...
CD album with extensive album notes. Fifteen tunes by Niel Gow played by Pete Clark on Niel Gow's own fiddle and recorded in the ballroom of Blair Castle, a frequent eighteenth-century Niel Gow venue. (The Raeburn portrait above, posted by the author of this article, is part of the Blair Castle Collection.) The Fiddle Music of Scotland by James ...
Traditional Celtic fiddle tunes (2 P) S. Scottish fiddling (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Fiddle music" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
This category is for tunes—generally not songs with lyrics—that are traditional, as opposed to composed by contemporary composers. Old composed tunes, such as those by Scottish composers Niel Gow and Skinner are a special subclass of their own. Some fiddle tunes have had lyrics added, but originated as tunes and remain so for the purpose of ...
Blazin' Fiddles are a contemporary Scottish fiddle band from the Highlands and Islands. They formed in 1998 to showcase Scotland's distinct regional fiddle styles. The band have a number of awards, including; the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards Live Act of the Year, Album of the Year and Folk Band of the Year.
He has also written a tutorial book of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish fiddle tunes as well as one for the penny whistle . Williamson's live album with John Renbourn , Wheel of Fortune (1995), was nominated for a Grammy Award, as was the Incredible String Band album Hangman's Beautiful Daughter in 1968.