Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The mute violin is an instrument purposefully made to sound quiet. Lacking a top or back, the instrument has little resonance, and can only be heard by the player and someone standing very close by. This instrument (MIMEd 0330) was purchased for use in the Music Classroom at The University of Edinburgh in 1855 and has been cared for by the University ever since.
Lori Watson plays her own arrangement of the traditional air, When the Kye Cam Hame. According to Lori, “I learned this air from Bob Hobkirk, Hawick. It's very gentle and suits the quiet sweetness of the mute violin.”
Lori Watson is an award-winning performer and Lecturer in Scottish Ethnology, part of the Celtic and Scottish Studies Department at The University of Edinburgh. She has become a leading interpreter of Scottish folk music and Scots song and her skills as a performer, composer, researcher and educator are widely recognised. Learn more at loriwatson.net & facebook.com/traditionalartsperformance
The mute violin is an instrument purposefully made to sound quiet. Lacking a top or back, the instrument has little resonance, and can only be heard by the player and someone standing very close by. This instrument (MIMEd 0330) was purchased for use in the Music Classroom at The University of Edinburgh in 1855 and has been cared for by the University ever since.
Lori Watson plays her own arrangement of the traditional air, When the Kye Cam Hame. According to Lori, “I learned this air from Bob Hobkirk, Hawick. It's very gentle and suits the quiet sweetness of the mute violin.”
Lori Watson is an award-winning performer and Lecturer in Scottish Ethnology, part of the Celtic and Scottish Studies Department at The University of Edinburgh. She has become a leading interpreter of Scottish folk music and Scots song and her skills as a performer, composer, researcher and educator are widely recognised. Learn more at loriwatson.net & facebook.com/traditionalartsperformance
