"Our musical heritage" causes me no problem. None at all. I see the "our" as representative of humanity. "Appalachian old-time music with Scots-Irish roots" is not "my" musical heritage, as much as the music of Mississippi John Hurt or Ernest Tubb. But it is a part of the heritage of humanity. As is blues, country, swing, etc..

I have a fiddle made by my Grandfather. I do not play fiddle. But I treasure this fiddle because of the toil and diligence Granddad put into making it. Part of him is in that fiddle. I honor that. And my son shall honor it. It is a part of our personal heritage.

khandu