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anFidhlear

Cuts are a term used in Irish Fiddling which describes something different than a Grace Note, to my understanding it's like what you described here. It also means something different in Cape Breton. A Grace Note is meant to be heard, but very quick.

Destiny4511

When you play a hammer-on with a guitar, it's when you pick the string slightly before you fret it, but once it's fretted, it stays fretted, unlike with a cut or double cut on fiddle. A cut is a brief on-off, so brief and light that it's often barely heard as a tone, especially on a double cut, and depending on the player. But you don't put your finger down and leave it down, like with a hammer-on I think the trill-like thing your hearing which isn't an actual trill is a double cut.

OfGreatLakes

*should have said "sometimes" does a trill/roll. Also, these are educated guesses when it comes to vocabulary--I'm self-taught in most of this, but the techniques I described should be useful to know regardless of what they're called.

OfGreatLakes

From what I learned around guitarists: Hammer Ons use the percussive sound that's generated from the finger striking and sounding out a specific note. As a fiddler: cuts are very quick mutes with the finger--it doesn't necessarily go down all the way, it just stops the string for a moment to make a musical stutter. There are artistic liberties one can take that blur the distinction of course--Mr. MacGregor presses down enough to make the next note barely sound, which creates a sort of trill.

Destiny4511

Is there a difference between what you're calling a "Hammer On" and a "Cut"?? I've always thought of a Hammer On being a slightly delayed hitting of one note and holding it... not followed by a finger lift.

Terry Dale

Nice job. Thank you. I'm from the Ottawa Valley and the fiddling style here is heavily influenced by the Irish and the French -played fast and without embellishment. The Scottish style is so much more precise and pretty. The Cape Breton style is much more like yours only perhaps a little less so. As a former piper, I can appreciate the addition of the grace notes.

recita3004

this was very helpful! thanks!!!

Brinn Bentley

Wonderful, helpful video. Thanks!

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