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Athabaskan fiddle (or fiddle music, fiddling) is the old-time fiddle style that the Alaskan Athabaskans of the Interior Alaska have developed to play the fiddle , solo and in folk ensembles. Fiddles were introduced in this area by Scottish , Irish , French Canadian , and Métis fur traders of the Hudson's Bay Company in the mid-19th century.
Broadcasting at 10,000 watts effective radiated power, the station's format consists of Native American music and Americana music. KRFF is owned by Athabascan Fiddlers Association, Inc. [ 2 ] Repeaters
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The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1993. Mishler, Craig, ed. Neerihiinjìk: We Traveled from Place to Place: the Gwichʼin Stories of Johnny and Sarah Frank. 2nd ed. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 2001.
The Alaskan Athabascan culture is an inland creek and river fishing (also coastal fishing by only Dena'ina of Cook Inlet) and hunter-gatherer culture. The Alaskan Athabascans have a matrilineal system in which children belong to the mother's clan, with the exception of the Yupikized Athabaskans (Holikachuk and Deg Hit'an).
His first fiddle was a hand-me-down from his great grandfather, who reportedly received it from a Scottish settler. [4] Cremo had a lengthy career as a fiddler performing and recording around Canada. He also went to school for carpentry, and worked as a carpenter before becoming a full time fiddler. [5] He was a member of the Eskasoni First ...
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Dene folk music uses melodies similar to European scales with the coloration of blue notes. According to scholar Michael Asch, Dene music includes "a melodic scale, melody, and metric rhythm". [ 3 ] Asch states that traditional Dene music uses only one instrument—a frame drum called egheli [ 4 ] —and that drum dances , also known as tea ...