We added double-stop notes to Cattle In The Cane. It's hard to keep track of - it should be simple, because the bow has less work to do, you're not crossing from one string to the other, but you are playing with the bow midway between 2 places that you have trained your muscle memory to find on its own. It's a big, exciting sound, so it's fun to do. Most of the time the 2nd string is played open, so you are getting more sound for not too much more effort. I did end up fretting some of the open stop notes, but with practice it sounded okay.
I don't mind playing things that aren't the Irish style, as long as it's a fiddle style, I'm fine with it. Many fiddle styles are derived from Irish fiddling, there is a lot of crossover between Irish and Metis and old-time fiddle styles, so there is a large area of fiddle music within which I feel comfortable. It's nice to be well-rounded though, it's nice to pull out an exciting piece of music at a party or something.
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