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Fiddle

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…

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Classification
Bowed string instrument
Developed
Early 16th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
321.322-71
Other names
Violin

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related to Sources · 19
Fiddle → David Brody, David Reiner, Drew Beisswenger, Has, ISBN, Marion Thede, Mel Bay Publications, North American Fiddle Music, Oak Publications, Oldtime Fiddling Across America, Peter Anick, Routledge, Susan Songer, The Fiddle Book, The Fiddler's Fakebook, The Portland Collection, UK ISBN, US ISBN, Vol
related to Scottish, with cello · 12
Fiddle → Alasdair Fraser, Amelia Kaminski, Christine Hanson, Christine Hanson's Bonnie Lasses, Grace, Iain Fraser, In, Jeremy Ward's The Wilds, Natalie Haas' Fire, Notable, Scottish, Tim Macdonald
related to Ensembles · 10
Fiddle → Calgary Fiddlers, Following, In, Irish, North American, Orchestral, Scandinavian, Scottish, Swedish Spelmanslag, These
related to history · 9
Fiddle → Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, English, Europe, European, Latin, Lira, The
related to Etymology · 6
Fiddle → Germanic, Icelandic, Latin, Old English, Romance, The
related to Balkan, with kontra · 5
Fiddle → Hungarian, In Hungary, Romanian, Slovenian, The
related to External links · 5
Fiddle → American, British, Celtic, Faroese, Fiddler's Companion
related to Africa, Asia and Australia · 3
Fiddle → African, Cape VerdeIndian, Chinese
related to Variants · 3
Fiddle → Hardanger, Romanian, Vioara
see also · 3
Fiddle → All-Ireland ChampionsList, Fleadh CheoilList, Music

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fiddling violin music styles folk playing tunes also fiddlers including traditions double style use tradition bowing classical ornamentation donegal influenced

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FiddleClassificationBowed string instrument1.00infobox
FiddleDevelopedEarly 16th century1.00infobox
FiddleHornbostel–Sachs classification321.322-711.00infobox
FiddleOther namesViolin1.00infobox
Fiddleis abowed string musical instrument0.90text
Fiddleis acolloquial term for the violin0.90text
Fiddlepart ofmany traditional0.85text
the double shuffleinstance offiddles may optionally be set up with a bridge with a flatter arch to reduce the range of bow-arm motion needed for techniques0.80text
a form of bariolage involving rapid alternation between pairs of adjacent stringsinstance offiddles may optionally be set up with a bridge with a flatter arch to reduce the range of bow-arm motion needed for techniques0.80text
Fiddlerelated to Africa, Asia and AustraliaAfrican0.60section
Fiddlerelated to Africa, Asia and AustraliaChinese0.60section
Fiddlerelated to Africa, Asia and AustraliaCape VerdeIndian0.60section

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