What is the difference between violin and fiddle?

Is it a playing style thing or are the instruments themselves different?

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They're the same thing. fiddling is a style. It's all on this link.

http://fiddleheads.ca/writings/violin_or...

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As far as I know the fiddle is slightly smaller and brown and the violin is black and bigger.... lol
There is absolutely no difference.It's just refered to as a fiddle normally when playing fast,upbeat songs or country songs.
Fiddles are violins used in folk music. Usually the instrument itself hasn't been changed, but sometimes ther are altered to make them more conducive to folk, rather than classical music, which includes a slightly different bow.
theres no difference just the way you hold them
Both the violin and the fiddle are the same instrument, but the way you play it makes the difference. For example, using one in a symphony = violin. Fast-paced song (i.e. a country song) = fiddle.
It is just the way they are played that makes them different. Now, the banjo and the guitar are themselves different of course...but a fiddle and violin are the same thing but played with different styles.
They are the same. It just depends where the person is from.
A violin is a classical instrument, A fiddle is used more for a country music. They are also different in size as well l as sounds.
if theres a redneck playing it its a fiddle
Its how the instrument is played.
The way you play it.
Yes, it's a playing style. The instruments are exactly the same. Depending on what I'm playing or the company I'm around I call it differently.

Fiddle is more country and blue grass. Violin is more classical.

The strokes are different in country and western. Choppier. Whereas classical uses more feeling in each stroke.
The way it's played.