| Cape Breton Fiddling with Katie McNally |
Cape Breton Fiddling with Katie McNally
Katie McNally grew up in Boston playing Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle, learning from Hanneke Cassel and attending Celtic music camps. She won the New England Scottish Fiddling Championship in 2009 and has studied Scottish music and literature at the University of Glasgow. She is one of the most in-demand fiddlers for Scottish country dances and music camps, and she released her first album, Flourish, in 2013. She tours with her own Katie McNally Trio and teaches private lessons and at fiddle camps around the US. She and Brittany get started with a medley of tunes, the traditional “Lime Hill Strathspey” and “Tune for Carl,” by Jerry Holland. Then Katie teaches an old Scottish strathspey, “The Fir Tree,” which is also often played in Cape Breton. She takes the tune apart phrase by phrase and shows you some of the ornaments she plays, including “flicks” and “warbles.” (katiemcnally.com)
| |
"The Fir Tree" (Available to subscribers)
|
