Cape Breton Fiddle : Natalie MacMaster iii

[nllleonard]

Natalie, you are wonderful!!!

[shawnyboie]

march is scott skinners welcome to inverness in A

[UISTMAN59]

@shawnyboie Thanks for the info :-)

[Violnplayr23]

Sometimes I wonder if i'm too old to still be good.

[UISTMAN59]

Eh?

[batotten]

Incredable. How old was she here?

[UISTMAN59]

Twentysomething I suppose :-)

[limama1956]

Love Love Love The Queen of Fiddles!

[Fiddlinwonder29]

The first tune is a March. The second tune, a strathspey, is called Devil in the Kitchen.

[apriloreilly13]

Now, thats the first time I ever saw someone step dance and play piano. haha. There's a first for everything : ). Great tunes though.

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for your note apriloreilly.

[inagabs]

no-its a march that ashleymacisaac used toplay when he was young- that he learned from buddy -

[jakyb0y2]

this is a great vid. this is nat and tracey in the good old days. how'd you get hold of it?

ps. the first tune is definitely a march, called Scott Skinner's Welcome to Inverness.

[UISTMAN59]

See the first two videos for answers.

[jakyb0y2]

my bad

[bdcgm]

Nice!

So would that first tune be considered a Strathspey?

[UISTMAN59]

HI bdcgm I would be inclined to think it was a strathspey, but I wouldn't be too sure, as I think there is something of a march about it . It breaks into a definite strathspey with Fear na Caola ( The Rejected Suitor (literally The Thin Legged Man), followed by Muillean Dubh, and Jack Daniel's Reel