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  2. Old time fiddle - Wikipedia

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    Bill Hensley, Mountain Fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. Old time (also spelled old-time or oldtime) fiddle is the style of American fiddling found in old-time music.Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka.

  3. American fiddle - Wikipedia

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    Within old time music there are regional subgenres, such as the Deep South and Appalachia, where fiddle music is often intertwined with cultural phenomena such as coal mining. A comprehensive review of old time fiddle styles was written by David Reiner and Peter Anick and published in 1989. [5]

  4. Athabaskan fiddle - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Old-time music - Wikipedia

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    Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are in the traditional musics of the British Isles, [2] Europe, and Africa. African influences are notably found in vocal and instrumental performance styles and dance, as well as the often cited use of the banjo; in some regions, Native American, Spanish, French and German sources are also prominent. [3]

  6. G. B. Grayson - Wikipedia

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    Gilliam Banmon Grayson (November 11, 1887 – August 16, 1930) was an American old-time fiddle player and singer. Mostly blind from infancy, Grayson is chiefly remembered for a series of sides recorded with guitarist Henry Whitter between 1927 and 1930 that would later influence numerous country, bluegrass, and rock musicians.

  7. Quebec fiddle - Wikipedia

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    Quebec fiddle is a part of the Old time fiddle canon ... the affinity between Anglo-Celtic and French fiddle music dates to the 17th century. Solo style predominated ...

  8. Uncle Am Stuart - Wikipedia

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    Ambrose Gaines "Uncle Am" Stuart (1853–1926) was an American Old-time fiddle player. After winning various fiddle contests across the Southern Appalachian region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Stuart made several recordings in June 1924 that would later prove influential in the development of early Country music.

  9. List of fiddlers - Wikipedia

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    2.3 Sri Lankan fiddle style. 2.4 Trans-regional styles. 2.4.1 Folk. ... Old time, bluegrass Sedra Bistodeau: American: ... Indian classical music, World fusion ...