Effective and expressive movements in a French-Canadian fiddler's performance

Effective and expressive movements in a French-Canadian fiddler's performance

by Erwin Schoonderwaldt, Alexander Refsum Jensenius

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Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (2011)

Issue: June, Publisher: University of Oslo and Norwegian Academy of Music, Pages: 256-259

ISSN: 22204806

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Abstract

We report on a performance study of a French-Canadian fiddler. The fiddling tradition forms an interesting contrast to classical violin performance in several ways. Distinguishing features include special elements in the bowing technique and the presence of an accompanying foot clogging pattern. These two characteristics are described, visualized and analyzed using video and motion capture recordings as source material.