Captain,

Good point.

But she is not talking about traditional music in general. She is talking about tradiitional fiddle music in the States.

You won't run into many airs in the repertoires of such fiddlers. I can only think of one tune that might qualify. Edn Hammons played a tune he called "Queen of the Earth, Child of the Sky." I have been told that it is a version of an Irish air called "The Blackbird."

The slowest tunes these fiddlers play are waltzes, and some of those can get a bit speedy. But even with waltzes vibrato is considered to be optionsl.

J.P. Fraley (KY) used vibrato, Ernie Carpenter (WV) didn't.

Russ (Permanent GUEST)