Beautifully played. Watching and listening to your videos makes me want to practice more in the hope that someday I'll be able to control my breathing and notes like that.
Thank you that was really evocative of Scotland for me . I had a fantastic holiday in the village of Lagan , years ago. They invited me to the local dance and we did the dashing white Sargent and many other old traditional dances . It was wonderful and you have brought it back to me. ❤️ There are many crossovers with Ireland , Scotland and Wales and much mixed heritage , I have Scot’s , Irish and English .
There is more "crossover" influence between the English folk song and country dance traditions and those of Scotland or Wales than there is between them and Ireland. Anyone who actually knows the music, knows this. However, people drink deep from the Victorian ethno-nationalist and racial explanation of culture and ignore the facts. For example, "The Dashing White Sergeant" was composed in the early 19th century, with words intended for use in an opera. This was by an Englishman for the English stage. The tune was quickly popularised, not least in the Army where it is still played. The dance is a mid 19th century longways Country Dance made into a circle (as many were) ... and was, and still is, danced in England too. As I said, things like the many and glaring connexions between Scottish and English dance, song and music are simply ignored to concoct a fantabulous cultural history that never existed.
