A Violin
The viola is sometimes called a fiddle although whoever does is inaccurate, because the violin may be considered a fiddle if played in what i like to call "playing in a fiddle fashion. Please note that you can still fiddle on the viola since it is a technique but the viola itself is not called a fiddle.
A Fiddle, as an instrument, is the same as violin. It is called fiddle when associated with certain genres of Folk Music, such as Irish fiddling, Old Time, Bluegrass, Klezmer, Gypsie etc. A Fiddler is someone who plays fiddle. In certain slang, also, Fiddling is procrastinating, or getting distracted. Therefore, sometimes, a fiddler can be someone who does this.
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A viola.
It was about as fit as one!
it's a violin. it's called either a violin or fiddle depending on the style of music it's used for.
Sometimes they don't even realise they're doing it, it's just something that they fiddle with, and sometimes to check they feel okay.
A musician who plays the instrument known as a fiddle, plays the instrument along with the bluegrass band. Sometimes the fiddle player may do a "special feature number." This is when they are given the opportunity to be the center of attention while the band backs them up in concert.
Guitar, drums, sometimes violins, keyboard, bass, fiddle, mandolin
Fiddle.
As fit as a fiddle.
When a violin is used for playing country-style or folk music people just nickname it as a "fiddle".A fiddle is sometimes tuned differently than a violin. The instrument itself is pretty much the same though.More expert opinionsThe shape of the bridge is sometimes flatter to allow for easier triple stops, and fiddle players are more likely use steel strings than violinists.That said, many good fiddlers use high-end synthetic strings and have bridge set-ups that are the same as the classical players use.See the Related link for a Youtube video that has a good discussion of the difference between a violin and a fiddle, and includes a variety of styles of fiddling.The difference between a fiddle and a violin is nothing! People just nickname a violin a "fiddle" when the violin is used for country or folk music.Violins are used in classical music, fiddles are used in country music, etc. Sometimes they are exactly the same instrument, there is just a different playing style.A fiddle is sometimes tuned differently than a violin. The instrument itself is often the same though.