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<p>Research-led UK and Ireland listening expansion; preserve existing recordings, native bindings and unrelated live data.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br /> <br /> Shetland fiddle music centers on the islands’ dance tunes, distinctive fiddle practices and a continuing body of locally composed music. It includes contemporary ensemble development as well as solo and archival playing.<br /> <br /> == Contemporary and trending ==<br /> <br /> Current recordings and concert performances keep this repertoire in circulation. The listening collection includes recent and worthwhile earlier versions, with performer and version credits retained; it does not treat an upload date as a composition date. Aly Bain, Catriona Macdonald, Fiddlers’ Bid, Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid and Chris Stout provide useful entries into different generations and settings.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.shetland.org/blog/shetland-in-7-fiddle-tunes-musical-journey Shetland in seven fiddle tunes].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> Local dance and social music developed through island communities and outward maritime connections. Named players, composers, teachers and bands have sustained and changed the repertoire across generations.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.shetland.org/blog/shetland-in-7-fiddle-tunes-musical-journey Shetland in seven fiddle tunes].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Musical characteristics ==<br /> <br /> Bowing, rhythmic lift, phrasing and the relation between melody and accompaniment distinguish performances. Reels and other dance tunes coexist with lyrical slow airs and newer compositions; not every tune played by a Shetland fiddler originated in Shetland.<br /> <br /> == Geography and communities ==<br /> <br /> The Shetland archipelago is the core musical landscape. Teaching, festivals and touring extend its reach internationally. Orkney has its own traditions and is not simply part of a Shetland fiddle field.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.shetland.org/blog/shetland-in-7-fiddle-tunes-musical-journey Shetland in seven fiddle tunes].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Artists ==<br /> <br /> Aly Bain, Catriona Macdonald, Fiddlers’ Bid, Kevin Henderson, Jenna Reid and Chris Stout provide useful entries into different generations and settings.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> === Recording entrances ===<br /> <br /> Willie Hunter; Violet Tulloch; Aly Bain — Willie Hunter with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInOEii29XY Willie Hunter with Violet Tulloch and Aly Bain] — primary release/performance credits.&lt;/ref&gt;; Aly Bain; Peerie Willie Johnston — Aly Bain and Peerie Willie Johnston playing Margarets Waltz&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbOaPN5toM Aly Bain and Peerie Willie Johnston playing Margarets Waltz] — primary release/performance credits.&lt;/ref&gt;. These are particular versions, not a claim that every work by each performer belongs here.<br /> <br /> == Related genres ==<br /> <br /> [[Scottish traditional]]; [[Scottish Gaelic song]]; [[Scots song]].<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> &lt;references/&gt;</div>

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