I agree. I wouldn't (and didn't) say that classical players have no feeling for the music. To play any kind of music successfully you have to have a feeling for and understanding of that sort of music, which means learning and using the right technique for the music, whether it's traditional, jazz, early, 19th century orchestral, heavy metal - whatever. Unfortuntely some people, usually classical trained, believe either that their technique is right for every kind of music, or that classical technique is some sort of basis that everyone has to have and that to play other style you have to learn classical first and then convert.

It is possible to play successfully in more than one style - provided you have to necessary understanding and technique. But if you want to play traditional music,why spend years learning to play a style of music you don't want to play,only to have to convert later. If the child wants to learn traditional fiddle, then let her learn that.

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