Discussion between Tom Anderson and Bill Hardie on accompani...
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SA1977.64.2
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Summary
Discussion between Tom Anderson and Bill Hardie on accompaniment and arrangement of fiddle music.
The cello preceded the piano as the instrument used to accompany the fiddle. Bill Hardie has a cello made by his great great grandfather Peter Hardie in 1810. Bill's grandfather used to play it to give a harmonic bass to fiddle music, like Neil Gow's son. (Tom Anderson mentions the Shetland practice of using a second fiddle to draw bass.)
Bill Hardie give his opinion of the orchestral arrangement of Scottish traditional fiddle music. The dotted rhythm of the strathspey demands that all the fiddles play the melody. The best accompaniment is discreet piano and double bass or cello. Tom Anderson agrees, and comments that the same applies to the ringing strings effect of the Shetland fiddle. Slow airs and waltzes, on the other hand, benefit from a harmonic arrangement.
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English
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