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What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle?

submitted by PeckerwoodPerry to Bluegrass 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 14:03:25 ago (+9/-0)     (Bluegrass)

A violin sings, a fiddle dances.


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[ - ] TankTinker 2 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 14:18:24 ago (+2/-0)

They always used to say a violin was played under yr chin, a fiddle was played in the crook of yr arm.

[ - ] lord_nougat 1 point 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 14:33:45 ago (+1/-0)

...with certain exceptions

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry [op] 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 14:58:32 ago (+0/-0)

Only self taught fiddlers play it in the crook of their arm that I'm aware. Classically trained will always have it under their chin. It's really just different kinds of music being played since fiddle is a colloquial term.

[ - ] Sturmgeschutz 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 20:41:32 ago (+0/-0)

My Uncle was a fiddle player. I don't pretend to know the proper way to play but he always held his under the chin.

[ - ] Incanus 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 17:03:48 ago (+0/-0)

I was once told that one is carried in a case, the other in a bag.

But I think more accurately: a fiddle is fun.

[ - ] thebearfromstartrack4 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 15:26:15 ago (+0/-0)

About a gillion dollars?

[ - ] GoyimNose_1948 0 points 3.5 yearsNov 16, 2021 17:46:13 ago (+0/-0)

The budget of Fiddler on the Roof.