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bayard-alternatives · burmanhall1975-southern-fiddle-styles

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Claim ID
bayard-alternatives
Assertion
Citing Samuel Bayard, Burman-Hall writes that traditional fiddlers keep several equally acceptable ways of playing certain passages in mind, and that even fiddlers who insist on one 'correct' version introduce alterations; over time such re-creation can change, merge and recombine tunes.
Quote
Bayard feels that each traditional player has several alternative and equally acceptable ways of playing certain passages in mind for at least some of his tunes
Quote language
en
Locator
page: 49–50
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