I didn't find that the foot beat in Donna De Wolf's video overpowered the fiddle, not at all. I did find the piano accompaniment a little too quiet in the scheme of things; I'm not sure if the foot beat contributed to that; it looked to me as if the accompanist did emphasize those beats on the piano, but perhaps not enough, or perhaps it was microphone placement--miking pianos well is an art and science all its own.

A rabbit called Thumper in Watership Down, eh? So I live and learn. But I did know there was one in Bambi.