Natalie MacMaster at Buddy MacMaster's 1st Fiddle school

[gurranes1]

She is unbelievable. Great to hear her without any amplification or a band.

[1xstew]

Excellent demonstration of what the bowing arm is doing . . if that sounds English ?

[helena2isy]

This is part of "Fiddling Ladies", de Paddy Moloney, from The Cheiftains.From the album "tears of stone"

greeeeeeat...

[Sheamusj]

Magnificient.

Thank you from Canada.

[christianmachafolk]

didn't beolach record that one as well?

[ilovebriecheese]

Does anyone know where I can find sheet music for this tune? I'm trying to learn it just by listening to this but I'm stuck on the last part!

[jabbathewookie]

this is wicked i'm just on my way back home for a visit here in a couple of days and it's got me in the mood for a huge jam session

[SpeedOfDark186Kmps]

That's probably the slowest that I've ever heard Natalie play anything. I love her music.

[freeyourcrt]

Natalie's "slow" is my "fast" (sigh)

[ainefidileir]

give it time.

(and all the masters practice all of their tunes slow, if it makes you feel any better!)

[ReginaFarfalla]

whats the name of this reel?

[throbbingguru]

athole brose

[ainefidileir]

It's a Strathspey, FYI.

Just to avoid confusion :)

[marcosriso]

HOw could I have lessons? Remotely because I´m in South America ...

[akousticodyssey]

Nice bowing

[spacybub]

is it a violin or a viola??

[y0e0r0t]

that is most definetely a violin

[spacybub]

nice thanks

[medicinthehouse]

wow that so pro i wish i could play it like that

[KimInTheBox]

Woah, sounds like theres lots of cuts . ;} amazing!

[fiddlegee]

What tune is this??? I LOVE IT

[barbkaus]

Loving this. Have seen her in person three times.

[xfaye26x]

Brilliant! Im sure ive heard this on the chieftans

[sampaicamfin]

She is most definitely a caper. I am from there myself and that is the accent to a T. A watered down scottish accent it is. She is an amazing talent as well.

[sampaicamfin]

She is most definitely a caper. I am from there myself and that is the accent to a T. A watered down scottish accent it is. She is an amazing talent as well.

[2scoops24]

shes from cape breton man shes scottish

[Roberticog99]

she sounds irish

[TrainmasterCurt]

She be a Scot, but don't forget Celtic nonetheless!

[bobgap]

ignore that post, quad cuts, not irish triplets...

[bobgap]

Quite nice, but interesting that she is tending more towards Irish style cuts now...

[Budweizer10]

Wow !!!

so great...

[jdljfl1973]

Good Learning tool; the second part with the slow down. Imagine a private lesson with Natalie MacMaster....saved me a lot of driving from Gloucester MA to Cape Breton!

Thank you...

[ainefidileir]

I'd be happy to only be driving from MA! ;)

[GaarasSexslave]

i got goosebumbs.. that music is amazing.

[fiddler9635]

WOW!!!!!!!

[CrazyChik5]

hehe WOOT! thats my cousin!! although i have never met her... but still feels cool to be related to her.. lol

[douglowder]

Man she is great!!!! The Chieftains also did this tune (both strasthpey and reel versions) on one of their old albums -- they did it in A instead of D and it's called by the Irish name ("Dogs Among the Bushes").

[tommyceol]

sorry - that's Alisdair with an 's'

[tommyceol]

The irish bodhran master Tommy Hayes recorded an album called An Ras (that's "a" with a "fada" but I can't find a bloody fada on this keyboard). There's a recording of this tune on it ! Alidair Fraser plays fiddle - it' brilliant.

[fiddlerkaty]

Hey Can you please send me the notes for this tune.

Katy x

[kmryan182]

I wish I could do that!!!!!!!!

[kokoKittyy]

ahh i love this!! what is it called?

[TimTimmenycharoo]

holy moly shes superb

[marcosriso]

really great

[futuresoul716]

nice. ive never knew a strathspey version of this tune existed. wish i could get my hands on a recording of it. and since im wishing, give me dick gaughan on rhythm guitar to boot! :P

[360FFrPyl3]

awsomely fast this chick is fast. I love hearin that fiddle. ---big fan--egopherpyle

[dogrukodese]

could you please send me the notes of the song you played. pleaseeeeeeee

[dragonphase]

There's a lot of sheet music on her site :)

[futuresoul716]

not sure if someone already led u to the score of this tune but im pretty sure its her version of "dogs among the bushes".

[jakyb0y2]

you're dead right. there's a reel in the irish tradition called the dogs among the bushes, but in the scottish tradition a similar tune exists as a strathspey. the one played in cape breton fiddling (in this video) is more similar to the reel in terms of notes than the version played in scotland, which is slower and more suckier. I know for a fact it was published in the Athole Collection in 1884.

[Gillhoolee]

Judique on the Floor!, I'll Say no More!

[canuck88]

One of the greatest fiddlers ever. Wish she lived in my town and gave lessons... lol

[creamofcardstv]

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[NSResponder]

I think that Brendan Mulvilhill does something very similar, and I believe he calls it a "stutter roll".

-jcr

[dmmcmaster1988]

damn my distant cousin good lol

[stewmac66]

ne'er mind the hogwash and enjoy the tune. This style is unique and deserves an audience not *crytiques (*spelling)

[xms32]

definately 4 not 3.

[conanlover123]

The name of the tune is Athole Brose; it is a traditional Scottish tune and Natalie is not playing triplets, she's playing cuts (she plays this tune so well). (I didn't read all of the comments, so sorry if this has already been said

[PixiePunk]

The tune is Athole Brose (Buckingham House) and, despite the sheet music I've found for it, she plays it with four sixteenth notes. Scottish strathspeys use the sixteenth note pattern commonly (almost in the same way reels use the cut/triplets), so I believe that what she's doing there is a dotted eighth on F#, a sixteenth on D, and then four sixteenth notes on D to make up the whole note value.

[fiddlingkate]

Well said!

[xaav]

I think the rythmic sequence is one long,3 short,one long,thus quadruplet could not be suitable because either the first,either the last note(before or after the triplet)is longer than 3 notes in the triplet

[Ptarmi]

Hey xaav, sorry but she even slows them down for us at the end - groups of four notes = Quadruplets!

Never heard them used in Irish Music myself, but who knows, they may creep in!

[BrainFPatterson]

The quadruplets have been used in Irish music, by Des Donnelly, Sean Keane and a few others. There's also a 5-note "triplet" (I know that's a contradiction!) called the double treble which Paul McNevin demonstrates in his tutorial book/CD. Vey rare. Mulivihill's stutter roll involves paying two 5-note rolls, the firsat slurred and the second with each note bowed individually. VERY difficult.

[xaav]

Of course,it is .Look at the beginning with the slow excecution,she play 3 very, very short identical notes(up,down,up bow),it's so called "triplets" in Irish fiddle music.

[luv2fiddle]

They are called cuts in Cape Breton fiddle, and they are one of the important parts of the style.

[BrainFPatterson]

I think I have a recording of the same tune played by legendary Scottish fidderl/composer Scott Skinner using the same technique. Interesting to know it's called a cut in Cape Breton. In Irish music a cut is just a type of grace note.

[xaav]

Nice demonstration for triplets execution

[soriot]

i dont think those are triplets.