What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
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To me(whom by the way have never played one) the violin has a softer sound & the fiddle has more of a twang sound
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Essentially, a violin and fiddle are one and the same instrument...the approach to the instrument differentiates its label as a fiddle or a violin...additionally, some fiddlers will flatten their bridge so that they can play a double-stop with ease (this is when the fiddler plays two stings at once)...hence, the set-up of the violin can also reveal the violin as a fiddle...or at least intended to be played as a fiddle. For Irish Tunes, you'll be pursuing the fiddle...the violin is normally played within a classical context... http://www.folkofthewood.com/page4779.htm
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The class of the person playing it ;)
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Violins are more masterly crafted than fiddles. Fiddles are more likely to be made by amateurs and there is a definite tonal difference between the two. The violin would sound more elegant.
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well , a fiddle is made for more danceable music , and a violin is mostly concentrated around musicality , and from what i know it is much easyer to play the fiddle.
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It's the same instrument, it's just that fiddle is used to describe the violin when playing folk music, and violin is the more "official" term. Check out Wikipedia for a more "official" way of describing it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle
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A violin uses catgut for the strings. To get the characteristic sound of the fiddle, it uses the whole cat.
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the violin is played with accuracy rite on the note . fiddling is fiddling around hitting close and sometimes on the note.
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