physically nothing... They are identical as instruments. However, the playing style is very different, as the classical violinist tends towards a refined, polished sound and the fiddle player a more rustic and direct sound.
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This depends on how well you want to play and how much time you have to practice. The fiddle (violin) like most other string instruments, is difficult to learn at first because form is so important. Tiny changes in hand position and techniq...
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Hi k8tee, look here: http://www.flyinfiddler.com/what.html Good luck whizip
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It evolved from various forms of western European folk music and the music developed by slaves (itself a combination of european and african music). The way the musicians viewed their lives and their environment made all of those varied com...
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So here we go with the Golden Eagle. [Demonstration] Let's begin by leading into this tune with some pickup notes. We'll start on the C, this is on the A string here. You work up A, B, C which plays right next to your first finger pretty mu...
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The Irish fiddle tradition goes back several hundred years; there is not a lot of information about its earliest origins. After the Gaelic aristocracy was removed from power in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the formal...
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My grandfather gave me a violin when I was 8 years old and I did the standard school orchestra instruction for several years, switching to the cello in high school just because they needed someone to do that! I didn't really pick up the fi...
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