Traditional Canadian music genres

ashley macisaac

canadian fiddle aggregate body of tunes, styles , musicians engaging in traditional folk music of canada on fiddle. integral extension of anglo-celtic , québécois frenchfolk music tradition has distinct features found in western hemisphere. due immigration , cross-border commerce, canadian fiddle part of american fiddle repertoire. old time , fiddle music represented such canadian exponents jerry holland, natalie macmaster, sierra noble, rankin family, , ashley macisaac.

in maritime provinces, sea chanteys, ballads of seagoing folk, distinct influence apart highland scottish fiddle.
cape breton fiddle regional violin style falls within celtic music idiom. dance styles associated music cape breton step dancing, cape breton square dancing (iona style , inverness style), , highland dancing.
quebec fiddle part of old time fiddle canon , influential in new england , northwest fiddle styles. affinity between anglo-celtic , french fiddle music dates 1600s.
métis fiddle style métis of canada , métis in northern parts of have developed play violin in folk ensemble , solo. marked percussive use of bow , percussive accompaniment such spoon percussion.
canadian old time fiddle genre of american folk music. old time fiddle tunes may played on fiddle, banjo or other instruments nevertheless called fiddle tunes . genre has european , african origins , traces colonization of north america immigrants england, france, germany, ireland, scotland slaves brought west africa in 1600s , thereafter. separate , distinct traditions has influenced or may in part have evolved it, such bluegrass, country blues, variants of western swing , country rock.




^ mel bay danse ce soir: fiddle , accordion music of quebec book/cd set [paperback] laurie hart (author), greg sandell
^ david reiner , peter anick|mel bays old time fiddling across america|1989
^ reiner, david; anick, peter (2003), old-time fiddling across america, mel bay publications, p. 182, isbn 978-0-7866-5381-2