維吉尼亞的小提琴手亨利瑞德 (Henry
Reed)
你曾經聽過傳統的小提琴音樂嗎？著名的小提琴手亨利瑞德成長於維吉尼亞州的葛倫林 (Glen
Lyn) ，他於1884年出生在一個音樂家庭；他大部分的時間都在演奏會令人想起阿帕拉契山區 (Appalachian) 邊境歷史的小提琴樂曲。瑞德知道的樂曲數量驚人，而大部分的樂曲都是透過耳朵學來的。他知道種類繁多的旋律，如：來自早期美國邊境的曲調、華爾滋、二十世紀的流行樂曲以及19世紀的進行曲。
就像南方的其他老提琴手所演奏的曲風一般，瑞德所演奏的小提琴曲風綜合了許多不同的影響。舉例來說，他使用的節奏受到了歐洲人和非裔美人的影響，而瑞德多年前學會的美國印地安人音樂可能也對他的演奏方式造成影響。
1960年代中期時，民俗學研究者賈布爾 (Alan
Jabbour) 錄製瑞德所演奏的小提琴曲子。在20世紀晚期的小提琴復興運動中，瑞德所演奏的許多傳統曲調再次受到歡迎。
Have you ever heard traditional fiddle music? One well-known fiddler, Henry Reed, grew up in Glen Lyn, Virginia. Reed was born in 1884 and grew up in a musical family. He spent most of his life performing fiddle tunes that bring to mind the history of the state's Appalachian frontier. Reed learned an amazing number of tunes, most of them by ear. He knew a wide variety of melodies, such as those from the early American frontier, waltzes, popular tunes from the turn of the 20th century, and 19th century marches.
The style of Henry Reed's fiddle playing, like the style of other older fiddlers in the South, is a combination of different influences. For instance, the rhythms he used came from both European and African American influences. American Indian music may also have made an impact on the method of playing that Reed learned so many years ago.
During the mid-1960s, folklorist Alan Jabbour recorded Henry Reed performing fiddle tunes. Many of the traditional tunes Reed played became popular again during the fiddling revival of the later 20th century.
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