
Also known as folk violin
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. Fiddle is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violin and fiddle are essentially synonymous, the style of the music played may determine specific construction differences between fiddles and classical violins. For example, fiddles may optionally be set up with a bridge with a flatter arch to reduce the range of bow-arm motion needed for techniques such as the double shuffle, a form of bariolage involving rapid alternation between pairs of a
Key facts
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- A morris dance fiddler playing a fiddle.
- Instrument.name
- Fiddle
- Instrument.names
- Violin
- Instrument.image
- Morris fiddler - Festivals of Winds, 2012.jpg
- Instrument.background
- string
- Instrument.classification
- Bowed string instrument
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 321.322-71
- Instrument.developed
- Early 16th century
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- Instrument.related
- Violin family (viola, cello) Viol family (includes double bass)
- Instrument.musicians
- List of fiddlers
- Instrument.builders
- Luthiers
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- FIDDLES! - Jay Haide, Joseph Collingwood, Salve Håkedal, Stefano Scarampella, Stefano Conia.jpg
- Said to be same as
- violin
- Has parts of class
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.322-71
- Commons category
- Fiddles
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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