What exactly is the difference between a violin and a fiddle ?

its just they way you hold them. but they are the same exact thing. ive been playing the violin for the past 6 years

What exactly is the difference between a violin and a fiddle ?getting late

its not the insturment that is diffrent... its the type of music played on it.

What exactly is the difference between a violin and a fiddle ?regal theater opera theater

A violin is a fiddle. There are other instruments that are called fiddles, too, but a violin is far and away the most popular and common.

The difference is NOT the bridge!

Plenty fiddlers play with a standard curved bridge, and I'm one of them.

Some fiddlers DO prefer a flatter bridge, but that choice is part of the freedom of fiddling (as opposed to the rigid traditions of violin) and NOT a definitive characteristic of a fiddle.

A flat bridge does not make double stops any easier...the distance between two adjacent strings is always a straight line no matter what the curve. It does make triple stops easier but not all fiddlers care.

This has been asked dozens of times here it seems. Search for many more comments.

Oh, I just noticed the category. Revised answer:

1. No one cares of you spill beer on a fiddle

2. About $3,000
Well, the standard joke is... nobody cares if you sit on a violin. Actually they're the same instrument. At Carnegie hall it's a violin and in South Rubber Boot Alabama it's a fiddle.
type of music only.
it`s the genre of music and the tuning .
im nt sure good question
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the way in which the are played. the instruments are the same, although i would call a Stradivarius a fiddle.
you cant have a violin under your bed covers!
Nothing they are both the same thing
Strictly speaking - no difference.

But violins are used for posh music - and fiddles will play any tune.
A Violin is a musical instrument

A Fiddle is a quick frill when no one is around !
The difference is in the bridge, which is deliberately made slightly flatter to facilitate double and triple stops, (chords) and in the modifications that are sometimes made to help the player blend in with the group they are playing with. some of these modifications include an extra string at the bottom so the fiddle player can play those low droning notes behind a vocalist or soloist. Electronics may be added so the fiddle can compete with the electric guitars and P.A. systems used in larger halls. A violin can be easily adapted to suit a fiddler, but they used to be two distinct instruments. I the Middle ages a Fiedel or Fidel was a boxy shaped instrument. It worked very much like a violin, and gradually the two instruments blended into the modern violin that we know today. This is very common with early instruments.

There are playing styles that can easily be discerned as well, but you should be able to identify these on your own. There is the more relaxed posture of the fiddler (although not always) the dramatic bowing reminiscent of the Hungarian and Romany Fiddlers. Sometimes the Fiddler will use brighter strings to get a bright sound to cut over instruments like the banjo and mandolin. These strings look a lot more like guitar strings in that they have a full round on the wrap and no fuzzies at the tip.

Hope this helps.