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I've been trying out the exercises on the video that Pete Martin generously made and shared on YouTube, and find them to be quite helpful. I wouldn't recommend them while driving though!

That...

The "original Celtic nation"? Western Asia? Galatia? The area north of Greece?

Have a look at the posts entitled "Blues, Stomps & Rags," #1-50 down the Forum Page under the heading, "Jazz, Swing, Blues, Bossa, Choro, Klezmer, Ragtime."
More blues than you can shake a stick (or...

I have similar problems. Besides not being very co-ordinated in my pinky, I nearly lost complete use of it when I broke my wrist a few years ago, then had to relearn how to use it. However, here are...

I'm a fiddler, and, like others above, I'd recommend that you take a few lessons with an instructor present, just to get a sense of how to hold the fiddle and how to bow. I wouldn't worry to much...

Thanks. I have a great deal of interest in mythology, so am familiar with "Mjolnir", Thor's hammer. I also have Norse ancestors from way back, so I was curious.

I enjoyed your bluesy tune.

Welcome aboard.
There are definitely Australians here. The good news is you even have a social group. The bad news is: it has two members, and no one leaves messages. Still, you'll have fun and find...

Personally, I'll defer to "tree" on all matters dealing with wood.

Thanks for that.
I tried to find videos that I'd really enjoyed of Edmund Norris of the Ebony Hillbillies playing rockin' dulcimer on the streets of New York, but I can't find the videos on YouTube....

No sound I'm afraid.

Footage of musicians begins at about 1:10. Watch closely!

The military uniforms don't look Canadian. American?
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Also for the uninitiated, what does the reference to Thor's Hammer mean?

I second your words about the Mandolin Cafe community.

Check out this. Includes brief video.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bluegrass-music-hassett-nova-scotia-brent-williams-birch-mountain-boys-1.5372663

1) on my case
2) lying somewhere my case has been

Thanks, I enjoyed that. However, I'm wondering how you get those strings tight on a curved-necked bouzouki. ;)

Just thought I'd share this cute video of 16-year-old, Prince Edward Island, Acadian fiddler, Tianna Gallant getting ready for the big (hockey) game. If link doesn't work, try:
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Scott Skinner wrote Hector the Hero in A, and it's usually played in A. If no one has converted it to D, here it is in A, perhaps someone can advise you about online conversion programs to change it...

Agreed. Andre is outstanding. If you want to see more great footwork while fiddlers are playing, check out French-Canadian fiddlers generally. Louise Arsenault is another great one; her bandmates say...

I didn't realize that Gilles wasn't actually dancing in the video in post #8 above (I thought it was another that I've seen of him with his group). Anyway, here he is in the 1960's (the fair-haired...

I'm afraid that I don't have much experience with these videos. You'll have to have a look and see what you think. Louise Arsenault (Acadian) from PEI is an exciting dancer, as is Natalie MacMaster...

Gunnar,
For Canadian stepdancing, google "Canadian, "Cape Breton," "Acadian," "Ottawa Valley," or "Metis" and "step dancing," you'll find plenty of starting material. These Canadian styles are...

In Cape Breton, it's often the reverse in a medley, speeding up the last bar or two of the air before moving into a strathspey, and speeding up the end of the last strathspey to lead into the reel....

It takes a while to adjust to hearing aids, especially as you've probably been hard of hearing for some time, and have no idea what the norm is. When I first got hearing aids, sounds sometimes seemed...

Oh, do you mean the difference between Cape Breton music and mainland Nova Scotia's traditional music? That would make sense. (I'm a terrible proof reader myself, so I understand how you make such a...

I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but I'm still confused. Changing ITM to NSTM, I get: "Auvergne is a south central, quite isolated part of France and compared to what people think of as Old...

Sunrise, what's "ITM." I'm from Nova Scotia. If someone says I'm from ITM, are those fightin' words? ;)