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regional-variation-practice · burmanhall1975-southern-fiddle-styles

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Claim ID
regional-variation-practice
Assertion
Burman-Hall distinguished four Southern fiddle substyles (Blue Ridge, Southern Appalachian, Ozark and Western) partly by where and how much fiddlers vary a tune: Blue Ridge players concentrate variation in the coarse (low) strain; the Southern Appalachian region produces the most major variants; and Western (Texas and Oklahoma) variation is deliberate, with few of the incidental variations found elsewhere.
Quote
Variation is characterized by deliberate changes, with few instances of the incidental variation so universally found in other style areas.
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en
Locator
page: 56–62
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