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When a violin is used for playing country-style or Folk Music people just nickname it as a "fiddle".
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A fiddle is sometimes tuned differently than a violin. The instrument itself is pretty much the same though.
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The 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.
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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.
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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.
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A fiddle is sometimes tuned differently than a violin. The instrument itself is often the same though.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe fiddle has "strangs" (say it with a southern drawl, and the violin has "strings".
there is no difference.
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there is no real difference, but the style of playing is different.
The technique in playing the fiddle is different and often the fiddle is held differently. Typically, fiddlers like the sound of violins with less complicated overtones.
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∙ 12y agoThe difference between those instruments are the type of music that is played by each instrument. If you were playing classical music, it would be a violin. However, if you were playing improvisational folk styles of music, it would be a fiddle.
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What is the am difference between a fiddle and a violin?
A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs. hahah
What is the difference between a fidle and a violin?
A fiddle and a violin are the same thing.
Can you play a violin as a fiddle?
Yes you can. Essentially the only difference between a fiddle and a violin is that the fiddle has a slightly flatter bridge for the heightened ability to hit multiple strings at once.
What is the difference between fiddle and violin?
A fiddle and a violin are the same physical instrument. The only difference is how the instrument is played. For example, Classical music is played on a violin. Country and folk music is played on a fiddle.
Whats the Slang name for a violin?
Fiddle.
What is the am difference between a fiddle and a violin?
A violin has strings. A fiddle has strangs. hahah
What is the difference between a fidle and a violin?
A fiddle and a violin are the same thing.
Can you play a violin as a fiddle?
Yes you can. Essentially the only difference between a fiddle and a violin is that the fiddle has a slightly flatter bridge for the heightened ability to hit multiple strings at once.
What is the difference between fiddle and violin?
A fiddle and a violin are the same physical instrument. The only difference is how the instrument is played. For example, Classical music is played on a violin. Country and folk music is played on a fiddle.
Is there any difference in the body of a fiddle compared to a violin?
Yes there is a difference. The wood on the fiddle is going to be a little thinner than the wood in a violin. The Violin is going to be thicker because the strain from the strings.
What kind of instrument is the fiddle?
The fiddle is a nickname for a violin. The violin is a string instrument.
Whats the Slang name for a violin?
Fiddle.
What is someone who plays the fiddle called?
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.
What is a hinky pinky a small violin?
A little fiddle
What is the full name of the violin?
The full name is violin, or it could be called a fiddle.The word "violin" comes from the Middle Latin word vitula, meaning "stringed instrument" this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle"----
What is the difference between the Irish fiddle and the violin?
physically nothing... They are identical as instruments. However, the playing style is very different, as the classical violinist tends towards a refined, polished sound and the fiddle player a more rustic and direct sound.
What is another name for violin?
A fiddle.
