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Is a violin EXACTLY the same as a fiddle?

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Answer #1

Yes, a violin is a fiddle; a fiddle is a violin. There are no differentiating features period. The only true reason you’d call one instrument a violin and the other a fiddle is the approach…someone who plays fiddle tunes, a fiddler, will address their violin as a fiddle.

Answer #2

No…well the istrument yes. The fiddle usually has a stronger bow..to withstand the fiddling…:D I’m not really 100% sure. I play the cello. So i am guessing really. :/

Answer #3

ok thanx 4 clearing that up 4 me (=

Answer #4

Sometimes, fiddlers will shave their bridge flat to ensure an easily attainable double-stop (two strings played at once)…SO, the set-up may be different on a fiddle…they’re still one and the same instrument.

Answer #5

I would bring up the fiddle commercial from Geico, not the right place. :)

Answer #6

yeah i said that….same instrument different bows.

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