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===Europe=== ====Great Britain==== * [[Folk music of England|English folk music]] fiddling, including **[[Music of Northumbria|Northumbrian]] fiddle style, which features "seconding", an improvised harmony part played by a second fiddler. **[[Lake District|Lakeland]] or [[Cumbria]]n fiddling has a repertoire largely based upon [[hornpipe]]s but also incorporates reels and jigs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Anne Geddes |title=Some Old Lake Country Fiddlers and their Tune Books |url=http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Irwin/Lake%20District%20Fiddlers.html}}</ref> * [[Scottish fiddling]], including: **[[Shetland]] fiddling, which includes [[Trow (folklore)|trowie]] tunes said to come from [[Little people (mythology)|peerie folk]]. The style is characterised by "ringing strings" and syncopated rhythms. **A North East (particularly [[Aberdeenshire]] and [[Moray]]) tradition strongly influenced by baroque violin technique with staccato and [[Scotch snap]] bowing techniques and [[double stops]]. **A [[Scottish Borders]] tradition with a repertoire heavy in [[hornpipe]]s and with heavy use of [[double stops]]. **A [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]] tradition, highly influenced by the ornamentation and [[mixolydian]] scale of the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]], as well as smoother bowing than other Scottish fiddle styles and a swinging of the 6/8 [[jig]] rhythm. **A West Highland and [[Hebrides|Hebridean]] Tradition, very closely related to the Highland tradition with major influence from the [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] song tradition. **An [[Orkney]] tradition with simpler bowing and ornamentation but with tunes featuring [[accidental (music)|accidentals]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joseph Lyons |url=http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Home/scottish-fiddle.htm |title=Scottish Fiddle Music |publisher=Scotlandsmusic.com |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419115950/http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Home/scottish-fiddle.htm |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref> * [[Music of Wales|Welsh fiddling]] (Welsh ''Ffidil''; see [[Ar Log]]), a recently revived tradition. ====Ireland==== * [[Irish traditional music|Irish folk music]] fiddling including: **[[Donegal fiddle tradition|Donegal]] fiddling from the northwest in [[Ulster]], which features [[mazurka]]s and a Scottish-influenced repertoire including [[Strathspey (dance)|Strathspey]] and [[Highland Fling]] dances. Fiddlers tend to play fast and make heavy use of [[staccato]] bowing and may from time to time "play the bass", meaning a second fiddler may play a melody an octave below where a first fiddler is playing it. **[[Sligo]] fiddling from northern [[Connacht]], which like Donegal fiddling tends to be fast, but with a bouncier feel to the bowing. **[[Galway]] fiddling southern [[Connacht]], which is slower than Sligo or Donegal traditions, with a heavier emphasis on ornamentation. Tunes are occasionally played in Eb or Bb to match the tonality of flat pipes. **[[County Clare|Clare]] fiddling from northern [[Munster]], which tends to be played near the slower Galway tempo yet with a greater emphasis on the melody itself rather than ornamentation. **[[Sliabh Luachra]] fiddling from the southwest in [[Munster]], characterized by a unique repertoire of [[polka]]s and [[slide (tune type)|slides]], the use of [[double stop]]s and [[drone (music)|drones]], as well as playing the melody in two octaves as in Donegal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishfiddle.com/article_on_styles1.html |title=Regional Irish Fiddle Styles |publisher=Irishfiddle.com |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423204037/http://www.irishfiddle.com/article_on_styles1.html |archive-date=2012-04-23 }}</ref> ====Nordic countries==== [[File:JPP Areenalla.jpeg|thumb|The folk music band [[JPP]] at the 2015 [[Kaustinen Folk Music Festival]] in [[Kaustinen|Kaustinen, Finland]]]] * [[Music of Norway|Norwegian fiddling]] (including [[Hardanger fiddle|Hardanger]] fiddling; see also [[Bygdedans]] and [[Gammaldans]]), including traditions from: **[[Røros Municipality|Røros]] and [[Nord-Noreg]] styles, both using the standard fiddle. **[[Finnskogen]], using the standard fiddle, but featuring some [[flat (music)|flatted notes]] influenced by Finnish folk music. **[[Voss Municipality|Voss]] and [[Telemark]] styles, both using the [[Hardanger fiddle]]. **[[Setesdal]], which uses both standard and Hardanger fiddles. * [[Swedish folk music|Swedish fiddling]] (including [[Låtfiol]] playing; see also [[Spelmanslag]] and [[Gammaldans]]), including traditions from: **[[Jämtland]] **[[Dalarna]] * [[Music of Finland|Finnish fiddling]], including the regional styles of: **[[Kaustinen]] **[[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]], heavily influenced by Swedish fiddling. ====Continental Europe==== [[File:KLEZPO.png|thumb|upright|right|Klezmer fiddlers at a wedding, Ukraine, ca. 1925]] * [[Music of Austria|Austrian fiddling]] * [[French fiddling]], including an old tradition from [[Corrèze]] and a revived one from [[Music of Brittany|Brittany]] * [[Hungarian folk music]] traditions * [[Music of Italy|Italian fiddling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/med/Med+mid%20frame.html |title=Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref> * [[Klezmer]] fiddling<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/klezmer/Klezmer%20frame.html |title=Klezmer Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref> * [[Polish fiddling]] * [[Music of Portugal|Mainland Portuguese]] and [[Azores|Azorean]] fiddling * [[Romanian fiddling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/easterneurope/Easterneurope%20frame.html |title=East European and Gypsy Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref>
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