Lori Watson Scottish Borders fiddle

[@calvinstulip]

This has been in my KZbin favorites for several years now. I still tear up when I hear it. Thanks for keeping this video up!

[@Eyhab12]

is been in mine since it was uploaded. almost 11 years. i am getting older :)

[@calciumchannel]

that wee bonnie lass's play is pure class greetings fae Poland!

[@keithn65]

Absolutely awesome. Stunning control and emotion. Thanks for posting

[@devomart]

A true demonstration of folk music and feeling from any country. It's about having fun and getting a nice sound, regardless of technique. Sounds great!

[@josephj.visser40]

Love the intricacy of the embellishments, and the total abandonment of rhythmic haste; it really has the flow of the landscape.

[@sublunari]

Beautiful. And great job of recording that! Excellent playing and gorgeous sound.

[@jeremyhatch1338]

What a beautiful tune. I will learn this immediately. Thanks for the performance!

[@RabidzIITargetmaster]

Very Good Good to see a person from the scottish borders playing on here. Great job 5 star

[@CineMutt]

Very well played! I love the drone effect and the harmonies. I'd like to hear more of this style.

[@andywjackson1135]

Fabulously loved,thank you for sharing this fabulous tune 🎶🍀🎶

[@electrondady1]

my eyes fill with tears! something resonates thank you , thank you.

[@jiggerboss2010]

Thar is beautiful, no flaws and awesome!!!! Look forward to seeing more from you... Again That was beautiful!!!!

[@Blogengezer]

I had no isea that there were so many various styles and tones from one instrument in the hands of an artist like Lori. Each part of the world has a different style and the differences are beautiful. Lori as well.

[@Konstantinsen]

I was in seventh grade, around 2007, when I first saw this at the behest of my brother who was learning the violin at the time. Music like this brings back memories of a time when I was more innocent and more optimistic of things in my life.

[@UISTMAN59]

Thanks for the clip Lori. Tom Hughes was a great player. I liked his 'Border Fiddle' tape particularly 'The Sidlaw Hills (composed by Jim Watson') played by Tom Hughes and Wattie Robson.

[@nan33mar]

Delightful! It does sound very Scottish.

[@IBG67]

amazingly beautiful piece of music.

[@canvascat]

I love it! It doesnt have to be blindingly fast to be great fiddling , such a refreshing change. Thanks Lori.

[@ChiefStressman]

Magnificent rendition of A Highland, Strathspey Scotch Snap! Many thanks!!

[@rattyboy31]

Beautiful. + your hand pos + posture are fine. Well done.

[@katnzoey]

absolutly beautiful, i savored every second of that. thank you for sharing :)

[@MIKEBCLAUSEN]

amazing. this movie just gave me the idea to learn to play fildde. youre great!!! 7 stars from me

[@grandviewjunction5]

Beautifully played song!

[@59arkady]

This is rich! I like it very much and thank you for the contribution. KZbin is such a good place for real music, don't you think? Kind regards!

[@kickatinalong]

Lovely playing Lori!!! Your double stops .. mmmm.. rich and warm!

[@kevgav]

A fiddle is a violin without a case.She makes that distinctive Scottish lilt come through beautifully.

[@dchan35]

You are really great! The bowing - inspiring!

[@Stewbone]

Wow! Shes realy good. At first I thought it was a whole band! Thumbs up!

[@Eyhab12]

i listen to this while i am studying. it makes me relax while i am studying

[@JohnRitchhart]

Lovely Lori. Nice feel. You're doing well and touching people with your music. Me anywho. I hope you play for a long time.

[@minimusix]

awesome playing !

[@gbarthg]

Thanks, Lori. You have a great feel for the swinging rhythm of the music. It sounds like bagpipes, or the other way around.

[@tomiskind]

Beautifully done. Thanks!

[@cCrazysSweet]

Very nice, loved it

[@namekman01]

i reaally luv these kind of songs

[@dryan80]

As beautiful to watch as it is to listen to. A pleasure for sure

[@DanielleRoseMusic]

That is very beautiful, keep it up!

[@wwnixon]

Very traditional ,, wonderful playing !

[@Eyhab12]

good job was so nice .. 7elwah jedan 3jebtny khalis al musieqa wa shukran 3la alfursah.. sa3ed b al ae stma3

[@QueenOfArgyll]

Hey thats great!! I've seen her last month at the Wackelstein-Festival in Austria, was awesome! A friend burned me a CD of her music (Lori Watson Three) - GREAT! hope to hear you again next year!! greets from vienna

[@777Theurgy]

I would like to dedicate this Song to the passing this year of two very special people. From the Scottish Borders of this dimension to the Limitless Light and Love. May their life be celebrated and honored always... With Love Greg

[@iiijg77]

Strong and sensitive at the same time. Nice job.

[@wenesima]

I love you...Just got a violin.Looking for inspiration then I found you.Thank you.I'm inspired.

[@Kirke182]

Don't listen to people yacking about hand position and posture. You play the way you play and if they don't like it--who cares? That was wonderful, I wish I that good.

[@shamrock4500]

I love it, thanks for posting.

[@richthesppof]

@davidrodgersNJ This might Help, particularly the Etymology section :- wikipedia - search for marches There are also the more widely known Welsh Marches between England and Wales. Marches are basically a border region.

[@Reidun_Schlesinger]

beautiful playing! Hell from Germany!

[@mullerheinrich]

Absolutely beautiful! I don't think you can compare the classical violin to the fiddle and claim one style is superior to the other. When played by an individual, this music has great emotional value, on a par with a full orchestra. It just depends on how you want to listen to it.

[@JustFiddler]

agree

[@daomingjin]

The audience and place each are played are very different. Classical Music is played in a large room, fiddles are played in living rooms and kitchens :)

[@otef434]

Wonderful.

[@dolinman]

beautiful music... thanks

[@RayBthesecond]

Nice,Lori.Very nice!

[@mackelp]

very very beautiful

[@sandb1867]

Outstanding! Thanks!

[@locolopelocolope]

Excellent !

[@dalerimkunas]

fantastic!

[@Kirke182]

@sixyearcycle Generally, when people log onto these clips, ignore the music and attack every little thing they can about position and posture, it's jealousy. Either they know they're not as good and it rankles them or they took lessons for years and get mad when somebody self-taught playing in a way they were told is wrong plays as good as they do or blows them away. Then there's the age thing too. People get jealous when a kid at 6 or 7 is already better than they are or will ever be.

[@GaryDrainville]

Thanks! That was very nice.

[@Gillhoolee]

You have made this Cape Breton'er happy.

[@lostindreams3]

I descend from Watson's in Scotland and also play violin. Sounds great! Maybe we are related.

[@gitarrefish08]

very very good

[@Procrasticus]

Fantastic job. Reminds me a great deal of Ashokan Farewell.

[@aimeelajoy]

very nice!

[@dalepoulette]

i love this song. still learning it, not eazy. wish you would teach me it Lori!!!

[@scottydangerous]

I think that's way cool how the notes in this piece harmonize with each other.

[@wdrumheller2000]

I've got chills.

[@smbccmb]

Superb music. - Gold is where you find it

[@maryix]

wow it is amazing I love it

[@dalepoulette]

my most favorite KZbin video.

[@DhinCardoso]

amazing violin, amazing song, amazing PLAYER... beauty is in your bloodstream ;)

[@Aielwarrior20]

Well done Lori!

[@CineMutt]

Thank you, Lori Watson! This video got me interested in Scottish music way back in 2007 or so. I have been studying and playing it ever since, and it is music that resonates deeply within me. I have discovered many wonderful players, and richness and depth of feeling in the tradition. Very few of the study pieces for viola, my instrument, make me want to pick it up and play like this one still does. Your performance of Tam's Old March still draws me in, and has a distinctive style. This video is one of the gems of KZbin. I have to mention you have many lovely CD's out, too, at loriwatson.net!

[@Flowmotion1000]

Exceptionally nice.

[@7893458]

I never knew that fiddle was done differently than classical music, all the time I have been playing I have been being told that you can never lean down while you are playing, but I guess I have been playing classical this whole time so that is probably why! Good thing I lost my fiddle books (but found them again today) otherwise I would've been playing wrong for months!

[@Mandolin1944]

Taus802 will you be posting a video demonstrating your violin playing skills soon?

[@jedmarum]

Lovely!

[@mixtaperewind]

wow! i think your violin has a better sound than others. i like it.

[@timothyng2006]

It's amazing.. Keep it up!

[@lizzy-folksongsscottis4518]

Re Beth..Yes the answer is, you are correct. The fiddle strings are G D A E. E being top string & G being bottom string.

[@MrApples6]

Awesome.

[@Poodlepups]

Bob Morgan in Baltimore MD makes some good, and reasonably priced models.

[@engela2]

@DrewlingFruitfly that soundtrack was amazing

[@epicdeuce]

Epic!

[@theamazing39]

Tnak you for that. I almost fell in love.

[@dancingfeetylem]

@jjwierd you don't need sheet music!listen to it listen to it again then find the notes on your instrument.this would be a great slow tune to develop your ear with.also you pick up part of the stylistic approach of her playing violinists mainly play from dots fiddlers from ear.to play this kind of music you must trust your ear over everything else.that is not to say there aren't allot of good collections of tunes written down but you must be able to play from how it sounded good luck

[@sixyearcycle]

@Kirke182 me and my gran who has played for 80 odd years had this very conversation last week when she noted my hand and fiddle position. Being completely self taught I do not use anything other than the first position and I can hold the fiddle In some odd positions at times but it really doesnt matter. there is no right or wrong in my opinion, just good sound or horrid sound! And yes I squeak at times!

[@stevesprinceofsteaks]

You've got an incredible wrist. Great sawing too. Thanks.

[@GerardVaughan-qe7ml]

To play like that, so long as I still had hands and a fiddle after, I just wouldn't mind where my hands went - like, whatever it takes ?! Absolutely beauitiful. So who's complaining ?!? "There's nowt as strange as folk."

[@ronaldsmith9898]

Unusual but effective and good to listen to

[@aikidragonpiper71]

Beautiful ! I can hear how the Scottish Fiddle has influenced American bluegrass music.

[@thelightisahead]

I think you have to find what's comfortable for yourself... currently I get a bit of shoulder/neck ache from it and so have been experimenting with adjusting my shoulder rest etc., gradually getting better. As for the violin/fiddle discrepancy, my teacher refers to it with both names equally, I think the difference is more mental and romantic than actually a physical difference - the violin and fiddle are the same instrument, it's just the more colloquial usage of 'fiddle' that is the difference

[@Ayumura96]

omg, screw the hand position thing, i've never in my life seen FIDDLERS holding the violin right, its awesome that you're into it and having fun and we totally enjoy it, that was great

[@cheekychoppyoppy]

tru ya can get a bad back from it but if she is comfortable playin that way and she sounds great she doesnt have to change!! I say you probably would if she doesnt play classical music..ya never knw though!! she could play both! or many other different styles!

[@plainrainman]

Beautiful playing. I haven't heard that one before, it's nice. I've been going to Jink and Diddle for the last several years and just love the music. Do you know Dr. John Turner who plays in Williamsburg and started the Scottish Fiddle school I mentioned above? Tim Carpenter

[@kakera]

Beautiful bowing... great technique

[@dandavidmusic]

good job Lori

[@bce5150]

she is beautiful. that scottish accent is mesmerizing. and damn, she plays well too.

[@hamzahrocks]

your one cute geezer luv... nice work guvnor!!

[@kokanee112]

sounds like 2 instruments together. Awesome talented.

[@jamesmurdoch9805]

Also known as The Borderers Slow March - the Regimental Slow March of the old King's Own Scottish Borderers

[@TennesseeShelties]

God bless Scotland and Ireland!!! It's where me grandfather came from! (Ballymena)