hmm.... I couldn't log on to mudcat at all yesterday... don't know what was going on?

I had a bit of a search on the internet and found that article that Donald suggested yesterday - it is a good read.

I'm finding this all very interesting. Being new to the 'Folk World' - I never realised there were so many different styles and opinions. When I took up 'fiddle' it was because it sounded like more fun than classical and it seemed to be less restrictive when it came to technique.

I can now hear the differences between some of the different styles - Irish, Scottish, etc (mainly the more obvious ones) and I think there's probably a variety of 'Aussie Bush Style' too. Since my teacher at the moment is a Jazz player, and my initial teacher was a Bluegrass and Irish player, I think my style is now one all of its own!!