Comprehension Questions

1. Where did Cape Breton Island’s fiddle music first come from?
2. Why do fiddlers on Cape Breton Island and in Scotland often play the same tunes?
3. Describe the music a fiddler would play for dancers.
4. Cape Breton Island fiddle music is often played with another musical instrument. What is it?
5. What are the two ways fiddlers learn to play music?
6. How do most Cape Breton Island fiddle players learn to play?
7. Is any fiddle music composed in Cape Breton?

Using Vocabulary

composed      collection      aurally      rhythm      style

Choose words from the word bank above to complete the sentences below.

1. He _______________ that tune himself.
2. She spent years buying sheet music for the fiddle. She left the whole _______________ to the college.
3. Houses were built in that _______________ one hundred years ago.
4. How can you keep your feet still when you hear that ______________?
5. He seems to learn better if the music is given to him _____________?
6. They wrote a carefully _______________ letter to ask for a donation.