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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.
Early influences were Irish, Scottish, and English fiddle styles, as well as the more upper-class traditions of classical violin playing. Popular tunes included "Soldier's Joy", for which Robert Burns wrote lyrics, and other tunes such as "Flowers of Edinburgh" and "Tamlin," which have both been claimed by both Scottish and Irish lineages.
He was first taught to play the instrument by Gideon Stove, and later on stopped playing traditional Shetland music, but proceeded with a more north-eastern Scottish style. In 1969, the first Scottish Fiddle Championship took place. Competing with other 115 fiddlers, he won and was titled "Scotland's Champion Fiddler".
The National Records of Scotland attest that Gow himself used the name 'Neil'. [4] To add to the confusion, he had a musical grandson (by Nathaniel) who did spell his name "Neil". The annual Niel Gow Fiddle Festival takes place in Dunkeld and Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. It was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Gow ...
James Scott Skinner's gravestone, Allanvale Cemetery. James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer.He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and was known as "the Strathspey King".
David M. Gardner is a Scottish fiddle performer, teacher, and judge. In the 1980s, while a student at the College of William and Mary , he began studying music with John Turner . Though he graduated with a degree in anthropology and archaeology and spent some time as a teacher, he continued pursuing traditional Scottish music.
This list of notable fiddlers shows some overlap with the list of violinists since the instrument used by fiddlers is the fiddle. ... Scottish, Shetland Dewey Balfa:
Fiddlers from Scotland. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Shetland fiddlers (12 P) Pages in category "Scottish fiddlers"