I am looking for definitions of the word "Fiddle"?

Answer 1

Violin vs. fiddle

A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the kind of music being played with it. The word "violin" is Italian and the word "fiddle" is English.

Historically, the word fiddle also referred to a predecessor of today's violin. Like the violin, it tended to have 4 strings, but came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Another series of instruments which contributed to the development of the modern fiddle was the viol, which was played while held between the legs, and has a fretted fingerboard.

One very slight difference between "fiddles" and ordinary violins may be seen in American (e.g., bluegrass and old-time music) fiddling: in these styles, the top of the bridge may be cut so that it is very slightly less curved. This reduces the range of right-arm motion required for the rapid string-crossings found in some styles, and is said to make it easier to play double stops and shuffles (bariolage), or to make triple stops possible, allowing one to play chords.

Most classical violinists prefer a more rounded curve to the top of the bridge that allows them to articulate each note more easily and clearly. In practice, most instruments are fitted with a rounded bridge to better accommodate the shape of the fingerboard. (One exception is the 3-string kontra or bracsa, a viola used in Hungarian and Transylvanian folk music fitted with an absolutely flat bridge to allow all three strings to be played simultaneously.) In any case, the difference between "round" and "flat" is not great; about a quarter or half a millimeter variation in the height of one or two strings. A fiddle strung with steel will work best with a bridge as much as a millimeter lower overall. For gut, nylon or other synthetic-core strings, the action may be set suitably higher. As a violin's bridge is relatively easy to replace, modifying the bridge does not permanently make a violin into a fiddle.

In construction, fiddles and violins are exactly the same. Various clichés describe the difference: "The violin sings, the fiddle dances," or "A fiddle is a violin with attitude," or "No one cries when they spill beer on a fiddle." As might be expected from the differences between classical and folk music, violinists tend to be formally trained and fiddlers tend to be informally trained, although crossing over is not uncommon.

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In performance, solo fiddling is the norm, though twin fiddling is represented in some North American, Scandinavian, and Irish styles. Violins, on the other hand, are commonly grouped in sections. These contrasting traditions may be vestiges of historical performance settings: large concert halls in which violins were played required more instruments, before electronic amplification, than did more intimate dance halls and houses fiddles were played in. The difference was likely compounded by the different sounds expected of violin music and fiddle music. Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely. Violin music came to value a smoothness which fiddling, with its dance-driven clear beat, did not always follow - in situations that required greater volume, a fiddler (as long as they kept the beat) could push their instrument harder than could a violinist. (Different fiddle traditions had different values, as detailed below; these explanations are meant to present the differences between fiddle music and violin music generally.)

Following the folk revivals of the second half of the 20th century, however, it has become common for less formal situations to find large groups of fiddlers playing together -- see for example the Swedish Spelmanslag folk-musician clubs, and the world-wide[1] phenomenon of Irish sessions.

In the very late 20th century, a few artists have successfully attempted a reconstruction of the Scottish tradition of violin and "big fiddle," or cello. Notable recorded examples include Amelia Kaminski and Christine Hanson's Bonnie Lasses and Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas' Fire and Grace.

Answer 2

Violin
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1: to play on a fiddle
2: to move the hands or fingers restlessly
3: putter
4: meddle, tamper

Answer 3

in the north fiddle has two meanings

one is a musical instrument - a fiddle!

the other being "on the fiddle" - as in not abiding by the law 100% and making gains from illegal operations!! hehe!!

Answer 4

i do no longer think it somewhat is defined, because of the fact to furnish it a definition might make it into something, that's the alternative of no longer something. as quickly as I study the word "nothingness" what I see in my suggestions is this: The hum of the universe fading to quietness--no longer because of the fact it somewhat is quiet, yet because of the fact each little thing interior ones self is attuned with it (variety of like a scent will flow away rapidly on account which you get used to it.) Then, out of the stillness, there is nothingness. *shrug*

Answer 5

NOUN :

Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow

VERB :
Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Answer 6

Well, aside from checking an online dictionary... :D

There's "fiddle" as in a colloquial term for violin.

"Fiddle" as in "mess with/play with" or "mess around."

That's all I can think of.

Answer 7

um how shall i put this
to "fiddle" is to pleasure 1s genitals with the deepest care and attention

Answer 8

check an online dictionary

Answer 9

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