The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada (Music in American Life)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (777 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252019962 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Though the music has obvious roots in the British Isles, French Canada, and the American South, the Gwich'in have used it in shaping their own aesthetic, which is apparent in their choice of fiddle tunings, bowing techniques, foot clogging, and a distinctively stratified tune repertoire. Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapaskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the northwest territories. His skillful use of personal anecdotes, interviews, music examples, dance diagrams, and photographs will appeal to general readers interested in folk music and dance, as well as to specialists.. He uses convergence theory as the framework for showing how this aesthetic came about. Craig Mishler treats this rural subarctic artistic tradition as a distinctive regional style akin to Cajun, bluegrass, or string-band music
Fiddlers come in many different Cultures Racheal Ramage I personally have just finsihed a course in college with the author Craig Mishler. I also completed a project by going to an Athapaskan Fiddling festival and that is when I read the Crooked Stovepipe. This book goes in great detail about Athapaskan fiddlers and dancers and there orgin. The author went to every village mentioned in the book and took notes and made observations. The author is a white man and has no realtion to the alaska natives which is intersting to recieve the observations. Good way to learn G. Pope The first time my sisters and I were invited to dance in a square dance type reel at the Athabascan Old-Time Fiddling Festival in Fairbanks Alaska, we were lucky to have very experienced gentlemen to guide us through the movements. However, after reading this book, I have gained an appreciation for the fiddlers themselves, the culture around this form of fun and entertainment, and a strong desire to return to the festival each year.The book itself shows the depth of a very rich cultural tra