Ethnography of Fiddle

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This Wikiversity Seminar is based upon the Wikibook of the same name compiled by Geof Bard and written in conjunction with Wikipedia editors.

Great news! Ethnography of Fiddle at Wikiversity explicitly invites original research using videographic documentation, audio recordings and live investigations to deepen and broaden knowledge of this remarkable musical instrument which has entranced cultures throughout the world. We take a perspective informed by the praxis of ethnography and ethnomusicology but also informed by participant-observer status as musicians, dancers and listeners who ourselves thrive on the wonderful tapestry of world music.

In "A Warning to Fiddlers", a chapter of A Pattern of Islands, Gimble associated fiddle with the world wide leveling of European colonial imperialism. But various indigenous peoples, such as the Meti of Canada, have adopted the violin and integrated it into folk culture. Thus, the ethnomusicologist encounters a fierce identity with the instrument not unlike that of the Celts, who have deeply intertwined their music, dance and celebratory culture with an instrument most highly developed by luthiers (instrument makers) in Cremona, Italy. This class establishes an ethnographic foundation and then reviews the literature on this intriguing instrument and its role amongst various peoples around the globe.

Ethnography, Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology

Wikibooks

• Ethnograph
• Ethnomusicology
• Ethnochoreology

North American Fiddle Traditions: Wikibooks

Wikibooks

• Cajun Fiddle]
• Canadian|Fiddle Tradition]
  • Cape|Breton Fiddle Tradition]
  • Métis Fiddle Tradition]
    • Background on Métis]
• Old Time Fiddle]

Local

• • The case of Blackberry Blossum
  • The case of Soldiers' Joy: Morphine and the bitter struggle of the Civil War

African Fiddle Traditions

Wikibooks

• fiddle/|African Fiddle Tradition
  • Khanyile/
  • Jive/

European Fiddle Traditions

• Preliminary notes for a study of Celtic fiddle
• Celtic Muñeira of Castillian Galicia

Wikibooks

• Donegal Fiddle
• Scottish Fiddle

Texts

Wikibooks

• Ethnography of Fiddle

Acknowledgements and information for contributors

You are invited to help edit this Wikiversity class. The primary instructor of this class is Geof Bard (pictured). Without the tireless assistance of the Wikiversity administrators and other contributors this class would not have been possible. Wikiversity an independent project of the Wiki Media Foundation. Other editors and writers are credited at the View history links or in some cases the mainspace or discussion pages. Special thanks also to the University of California and the many musicians and ethnographers who keep the art of fiddle playing alive and well through thick and thin. The primary instructor of this class is Geof Bard. Without the tireless assistance of the Wikiversity administrators and other contributors this class would not have been possible.]] }