@Thomas B. 

 You've got me thinking about my quest I embarked on, starting 2½ years ago, when I decided to learn to play the Fiddle. 

...I'm still on this journey! 

I've added quite a bit of interesting info and examples of music to the 'Genre' section of this forum, but I know there is sooo much more to explore! 

This adventure of mine has never stopped being exciting!  Even though some genres can get confusing they have ALL been worth learning about, because I have discovered wonderful music.  Some tunes are hard to play, some are just plain fun and others are so beautiful they haunt me. 

I ask myself enough questions it keeps me searching.  So, here's a fairly recent video that shows a FABULOUS variety of genres for comparison.  Michael Burnyeat chose great examples to play - 30 different fiddling styles and you can hear the differences! 

Here are the 30 styles listed in order of play:
Scottish, Irish, French Canadian, Canadian Old-time, American Old-time, Métis, Cape-breton, Texas style, Bluegrass, Western Swing, English, Gypsy Jazz, Cajun, Country, Swedish, Klezmer, Prairie Canadian Old-time (Calvin Vollrath), West Coast, Contemporary, Ukrainian, New England, Breton, Blues, Shetland, Mariachi, Jazz, Maritimes, Choro, Folk (fiddle backup), Czech.

Whew!  ...and y'all thought I was crazy with 10 tunes for the Christmas Party! 🤣

- Emily