▁century ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century . ▁ ▁A ▁distinct ive ▁body ▁of ▁ce ò l ▁m ór ▁known ▁as ▁fiddle ▁p ib ro ch ▁developed ▁in ▁this ▁period ▁with ▁mel od ic ▁them es ▁and ▁formal ▁variations ▁that ▁are ▁similar ▁to , ▁but ▁not ▁necessarily ▁derived ▁from ▁or ▁im itative ▁of ▁concurrent ▁bag pipe ▁p ib ro ch , ▁as ▁the ▁name ▁" fiddle ▁p ib ro ch " ▁might ▁suggest . ▁The ▁two ▁forms ▁are ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁developed ▁in ▁parallel ▁from ▁a ▁common ▁shared ▁source ▁in ▁earlier ▁har p ▁music ▁and ▁G ael ic ▁song . ▁ ▁F iddle ▁p ib ro ch ▁performance ▁techniques ▁included ▁double - st ops , ▁different ▁bow ing ▁patterns , ▁complex ▁orn ament ation ▁and ▁express ive ▁rub ato ▁rh yth mic ▁freedom . ▁P ib ro ch ▁f idd lers ▁employed ▁alternative ▁sc ord atura ▁tun ings ▁to ▁play ▁this ▁re per toire , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁" A ▁E ▁a ▁e " ▁tun ing ▁recommended ▁by ▁viol in ist / compos er ▁James ▁O sw ald . ▁Ar ound ▁sevent een ▁fiddle ▁p ib ro ch ▁compos itions ▁surv ive ▁in ▁various ▁ 1 8 th - ▁and ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁manuscript s ▁and ▁publications , ▁collected ▁by ▁Walter ▁Mc F ar lan , ▁Daniel ▁Dow , ▁James ▁O sw ald ▁and ▁others . ▁Notable ▁fiddle ▁p ib ro chs ▁include ▁compos itions ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁trans cribed ▁from ▁the ▁wire - str ung ▁har