2006-11-07 13:42:34 · 9 answers · asked by samanthajane 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
None. It simply depends on the music you're playing--if it's bluegrass, it's a fiddle; if it's classical, it's a violin.
2006-11-07 13:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by perelandra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference between the fiddle and a violin is that the fiddle is played with Folk music and violin in Classical music, and they have slight different size. If I remember right, I think the fiddle is smaller.
2006-11-07 23:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same instrument, but different the way it is played and tuned. fiddle is more a folk style, where violin is more orchestra style, where everything is done in a just so, educated fashion. Violin is more a upper class style.Examples of violin players would be Mozart and Bach; where examples of fiddle would be Bluegrass, and Tennessee mountain style music.
Once an old man showed me how he played fiddle , he didn't hold it the same, tuned it different, and it was just completely different than what I was used to.
2006-11-08 10:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by KaeMae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOTHING. They are the same - just two different names for two styles of music (I play the violin - have played for seven years). Fiddling is when you play folk songs and irish reels - in that case you would call the violin a fiddle. Playing the violin can mean this AND regular classical music.
and it has nothing to do with the way you tighten your bow!!!!! i wish ppl would understand about this...they've probably never played the violin...
Don't mean to sound snobbish or anything but everyone else is wrong. they are THE SAME. It is just the style of music played on them.
2006-11-07 21:46:43 · answer #4 · answered by skigrrl66 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fiddle is a violin played as a folk instrument. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
2006-11-07 21:45:38 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way it is tuned and played. Violin.. Classical. Fiddle.. Blue Grass, Country, etc.
2006-11-07 21:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by Dogness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The type of music one is playing....when its Cajun, Iris folk, American Country, Western or Bluegrass it's a fiddle. When playing traditional Classical, Baroque, Neo-Classical...then it's a violin.
2006-11-07 21:53:51 · answer #7 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way the bow is tightened and how you play it. Violins usually are played classically and fiddles usually for bluegrass and stuff like that.
2006-11-07 21:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by Kay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same as the difference between a 'fiddler' and a 'violinist'. :-)
2006-11-07 23:43:43 · answer #9 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋