Whats the diffrence between a fiddle and a violin.?

Question

Whats the diffrence between a fiddle and a violin.?

Answer 1

This is probably one of the most frequently asked questions online, and you should really google it.  See:

Violin/Viola FAQ

Are the violin and the fiddle the same instrument?

http://beststudentviolins.com/StringCare...

(3) Are the violin and the fiddle the same instrument?

Well, yes and no, it depends. What it depends on is who's playing it, and in what cultural context you're speaking. Growing up in the midwest, I felt uncomfortable using the term fiddle, because what that meant, then, was country and western fiddle, and I wanted no part of that. However, you hear violinists of the highest calibre, like Stern and Perlman, for example, referring to the violin as a fiddle...but their cultural context is Eastern European, which included gypsy-like so-called "fiddle" music, which is not the same at all as the American genre. The instrument itself may be the same, though folk players of violin (and other players who are playing something besides art music) may take more liberties with respect to the way the instrument is held, its fittings, and so on. Aside from some small details, however, the instrument is pretty much the same; there is no separate genre, fiddle, which is not also a violin. I get asked this a lot.  

Answer 2

They're physically the same instrument.  The difference between the two is largely a matter of attitude.  Classical musicians who take themselves very seriously usually refer to their instrument as a violin, while folk, country, bluegrass, and rock musicians more casually call it a fiddle (although classical virtuoso Itzhak Perlman often refers to his million-dollar Strad as a "fiddle").  

Basically the way I think of it is that people who use it to play serious music for listening tend to call it a violin, while people who play fun music for dancing and partying tend to call it a fiddle.

Fiddlers are much less likely to play instruments that cost thousands of dollars, and are more likely to use steel strings that can cut through and be heard over a loud bluegrass or country band, and a flatter bridge that makes bowing doublestops (two notes at once) easier.

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

ANSWER: Nobody minds if you spill beer on a fiddle.

OR alternate answer: A violin has strings, a fiddle has STRANGS.

Answer 3

It's the same instrument.  Some people just call it different.

Answer 4

play it differently... fiddle for country and folk... violin for classics

Answer 5

A Violin is played by people in Black and White Formalwear... with white teeth and a taste for fine wines.

A fiddle is played by some one in a flannel shirt, with green teeth and beer spilled on down the front of his shirt.

A Violinist probably has some records of the classics..

A Fiddler just has a record.

he,he,he.... AWY COME ON... lighten UP people...

Answer 6

How it is played.