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Abstract
This article explores some of the specific dynamics and processes experienced by Canadian old-time fiddlers as they learn to fiddle in a community of practice (CoP). Based on an analysis of interviews with several fiddlers at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party fiddling camp, we explore two elements of fiddling that the fiddlers identified as crucial to the development of expertise as an old-time fiddler: a danceable quality and personalizing a tune. Danceability allowed for historical continuity of the community’s practices, while making a tune your own provided a way to introduce new ideas and practices into the CoP, resulting in growth and change.
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Cet article considère quelques dynamiques et processus particuliers que vivent les violonistes « à l’ancienne » lorsqu’ils apprennent à jouer dans une communauté de pratique (CdP). À partir d’une analyse d’entrevues menées auprès de plusieurs violonistes du camp de violon « party d’cuisine » du lac Kenosee, nous examinons deux éléments que les violonistes ont identifiés comme essentiels au développement du savoir-faire d’un violoniste « à l’ancienne » : il faut que les airs soient propices à la danse, et qu’ils soient personnalisés. La « dansabilité » a favorisé la continuité historique des pratiques de la communauté, tandis que le fait de « faire sien un air » a procuré un moyen d’introduire de nouvelles idées et pratiques dans la CdP, permettant ainsi croissance et changement.
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