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Violin and fiddle compared for similarities and differences.
This question comparing violin and fiddle is the all-time winner of FAQ's for me.
When people hear my answer about the difference between the violin and the fiddle,
they usually say, "That's what I thought."
Itzhak Perlman refers to his strad as a "fiddle." And concert violinists sometimes
refer to their colleagues as "fiddlers." But, this is just a loose way of speaking ...
Violin-World contains an on-line secure shopping centre where you can find anything for stringed instruments; strings, bows, cases, accessories and outfits. Also a virtual violin making school, advice, articles, teacher's directory, free music lessons and classifieds.
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Labor Law Talk Dictionary: Definition of Violin:
1. violin - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow.
1 The parts of the violin
1.1 Materials
1.2 Violin acoustics
1.3 Sizes
2 Playing the violin
2.1 Fingering and positions
2.2 Open strings
2.3 Double-stopping
2.4 Pizzicato
2.5 Vibrato
2.6 Harmonics
2.7 The mute
2.8 Bowing techniques
3 Tuning
4 Making Violins
5 Maintenance
6 Violin history
6.1 The violin in classical music
6.2 The violin in folk music ...
The Violin, introduction: Mastering the violin is a complex job that requires years of intensive training. The violinist must be able to transmit his feelings to the listener while feeling perfectly at ease with the instrument, be it in the accuracy of each note as in the use of the numerous sound capacities of the violin!
There are two main parts to the technique of violin playing: the left hand and the right hand (bow technique). The latter serves exclusively for producing sounds, while the former can influence not only the height of the different notes, but also the quality of their sound ...
John Mark Ministries: Playing a violin with three strings:
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight.
He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair.
Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs,tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play ...