page_title: Scottish fiddling
section_title: Modern day fiddlers
hierarchical_section_title: Scottish fiddling / Modern day fiddlers
caption_attribution_description: English: Alasdair Fraser (32922788006) at the Celtic String Playhouse 2017-02-10 by Bill Bailey
context_page_description: Scottish fiddling may be distinguished from other folk fiddling styles by its particular precision of execution and energy in the delivery, for example, the rendering of the dotted-quaver/semi-quaver rhythmic patterns, commonly used in the Strathspey. Christine Martin, in her Traditional Scottish Fiddling players guide, discusses the techniques of "hack bowing", "the Scottish Snap", and "snap bowing". These techniques contrast quite sharply with the most common bowing patterns of Irish fiddling. The style has a very large repertoire consisting of a great variation of rhythms and key signatures. There is also a strong link to the playing of traditional Scottish bagpipes which is better known throughout the world.
context_section_description: Scots fiddlers:
  Bruce MacGregor - founding member of Blazin' Fiddles and BBC Radio Scotland presenter
  Alasdair Fraser
  Aly Bain
  Allan Henderson
  Catriona MacDonald
  Chris Duncan
  Duncan Chisholm
  Iain MacFarlane
  John Turner
  Pete Clark
  Chris Stout
  Eilidh Steel
  Colyn Fischer
  Adam Sutherland, with Croft No. 5, Treacherous Orchestra and Peatbog Faeries
  Alasdair White
  Ryan Young
  Cape Breton fiddlers:
  Buddy MacMaster
  Natalie MacMaster
  John Campbell
  Ashley MacIsaac
  Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald
  Dave MacIsaac
  American fiddlers:
  Brittany Haas
  Hanneke Cassel
  Jane MacMorran
  Jeremy Kittel
  Bonnie Rideout
  Laura Risk
  Elke Baker
  Jamie Laval
caption: Alasdair Fraser
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