What don’t people understand about the difference between the fiddle and the violin?
The violin and the fiddle were two completely separate instruments! The fiddle had a thumb string and drone strings like the Norwegian hardingfele and the Icelandic videl and many other such folk instruments. The violin is descended from the Spanish vihuela that could either be plucked or bowed, as well as the renaissance rebec. Yet I answer the question and two spineless worms tell me that I get the thumbs down! I challenge whoever reads this to check my facts – the violin and the fiddle were not the same instrument!
Nowadays, fiddle and violin means the same just like a guitarist gets his AXE out to play. He is not talking about an axe to chop wood either.
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, including the violin. Fiddle playing, or fiddling, refers to various styles of music.
Sweet Child O’ Mine on Violin / Fiddle
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Making Of An Old Wood Fiddle Violin Picture Art Print $6.00 This beautiful art goes well in any room. Artwork is manufactured by Art Prints Inc. using state of the art equipment and quality materials such as premium grade high quality acid free lithograph art paper…. |
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Country Fiddle by Ed Marsh, The Beginner’s Series $29.95 If you want to play country fiddle in a band or just for the fun of it, this course will teach you all of the most important skills necessary to be a good fiddle player. Ed teaches intros, fills, back up styles and practical exercises for developing technical skills. He also teaches several complete songs, scale development and bowing techniques…. |
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Mel Bay’s Anyone Can Play Country Fiddle No previous experience needed. Designed to teach anyone regardless of age to play the fiddle. You will learn bowing, fingering, chord playing, shuffle bowing and some famous fiddle tunes!… |
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Mel Bay’s Learn how to play the Violin $5.95 No previous musical experience necessary to be successful with this method. Designed for anyone of any age who want to play violin. It will teach you the basics for all types of performance: classical and country with step by step instructions. Taught by Coral White…. |
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Fiddle Masters Concert Series, Volume 3 $17.68 The Violin Shop’s Fiddle Masters Concert Series is quite simply the finest collection of fiddle performances ever captured on DVD. Recorded “live” in an intimate 50 seat concert room, fiddlers at the top of their game are accompanied by some of the finest musicians and singers in the world. The result – 64 astonishing performances, released on 3 volumes, featuring 53 musicians from 13 different co… |