JOHNNY, ROSIN UP YOUR BOW AND PLAY YOUR FIDDLE HARD, 'CAUSE H3LL'S BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA AND THE DEVIL DEALS THE CARDS AND IF YOU WIN YOU GET THIS SHINY FIDDLE MADE OF GOLD, BUT IF YOU LOSE THE DEVIL GETS YOUR SOOOOOUUUULLL! (Fiddle break)
In my experience, the fiddle was also used in Eastern European shtetls (Jewish villages), so when I play Klezmer music (Jewish music, typically Yiddish), I play a fiddle, but when I play classical music, like idk, 1812 overture, I play a violin
Ain't no way a fiddle player would have ever treated their instrument with that much disrespect. Back in the day, those things would have cost the same as someone's house.
@@brutusthebear9050 its more of a saying. Playing a fiddle usually means a less formal setting, while a violin is seen as more "classy." The joke is based on this.
The fiddler i once met at the renfair told me the bridge is more shaved to make double stops and string changes easier, and handed it to me when i said i play violin. As a violinist, the fiddle and violin are not 100% the same, but 90% the same. Just having the bridge shaved changes everything you know, you have to move your bowing arm differently bc the strings are so much closer... it was a pretty tricky switch.
Fiddler here. I don't think that's as common as people think, at least where I'm from but it of course does happen. Another thing that differs is fiddlers tuning their fiddles with nonstandard tuning. My old fiddle teacher always had a second fiddle for playing an octave down. We also occasionally play it on our head lmao
There's also the hardinger (SP?) fiddle, though, that actually is a bit different. It has 4 resonance strings that run down inside the body to give it a lovely hum as you play. It's featured in the Rohan scenes in LotR
The difference in a fiddle proper is how steep the slope on the bridge is, or rather how much flatter it is. Its meant to allow a fiddle player to have an easier time playing muldiole strings at once.
Maurice Lennon, a famous Irish fiddle player was asked the question once during an interview, about the difference between a violin and a fiddle. His response was that someone who keeps their instrument in a case, plays the violin. Someone who plays the fiddle, wraps their instrument in newspaper.
If anyone was wondering, fiddles have flatter bridges and violins have more curved bridges. Fiddles can more easily do double and even triple stops this way (playing multiple strings at once) which is very common in fiddle music
Violinist here. I advise you go back to the video you just watched, watch it again, and let it sink in, that they're all the same instrument. Individuals customizing their instruments does not make for a rule between one versus the other. And no, I'm not wondering. I am stating a fact. They're the same damn instrument. Just because some one shaves down the nut on a guitar doesn't magically make it into a new instrument.
That reminds me of a norwegian folk song called per spelman, its about a guy who trades away his cow to get his fiddle back, throughout the song the fiddle is also referred to as a violin
As someone who played in a school orchestra, school band, and local fiddle competitions, what my instrument is called changes based on what I am practicing for.
The one I heard was that you don't cry when you spill beer on a fiddle. My music professor said no, the bridge is usually a little more square on a fiddle.
There are actually adaptations that some fiddlers will make to their bridge/strings sometimes, like a flatter bridge or steel strings, as well as certain ways of holding the bow.
There is actually a Norwegian fiddle that is different from the violin! Its called the Hardanger Fiddle, named after a place in Norway. And whats so special about it is that in addition to your regular four strings, it has 4 extra placed beneath the bridge I think for added effect! The second pair of strings arent played directly, but the vibration of the other strings make them sound, which adds a littlr something to the sound of it ^^
My grandfather told me a joke that floats around the folk communities here. A man walked into a music store and asked the clerk this exact question, and the clerk replied that it’s a violin when he’s selling one, but a fiddle when he’s buying it.
I do believe there's a difference. The strings are different on fiddle, and so are the bridge and size But the violin has well made strings, and the usual bridge you'd see in an orchestra. That includes the size of the instrument itself. On fiddle, the players change the strings to give it that 'tangy' or 'folk-like' sound to it. They also make the bridge a bit flatter to play intervals.
So glad i had not yet placed my meds in my mouth yet when this played. If the first one didnt get me, the second one absolutely would've crashed into me
Actual answer: a fiddle is any bowed string instrument played with the tail end supported by the body. Violins (sometimes modified) are the most common in modern Western European-derived music, but plenty of other types exist both historically and in other parts of the world.
The bridge is different. My violin teacher inherited a fiddle and brought it to show students the difference. Traditional fiddles have a flatter bridge while a violin has a more curved one. Of course you can change it so they could be either or depending on what bridge you put on.
“the violin is the ONLY instrument that sits in a quantum superposition where you don’t know what instrument it is until after it’s being played” Double/Upright Bass in the corner:
There are a few technical differences, though generally VIolinguy is right here. Violinists often prefer more synthetic strings whereas fiddlers often use steel strings, the tuning is different. The only major difference in SOME cases is that certain Fiddles, such as some traditional Irish Fiddles, have been specifically designed to make 'Fiddling' easier, via having been designed with flatter or lower bridges is order to make playing double stops easier. All that said though, it's usually pretty safe to say that the violin and the fiddle are the same instrument, just with some slight design variance at most.
not quite, the bridge on a fiddle is slightly flatter to make it easier for triple string sounds without going full fortissimo, also the bow is usually kept looser with extra rosin on it for the same reason. but you're right it's more about style and you can play one as the other with those on the outside being none the wiser that you prepped for one but are playing it as the other.
There is a difference... But it's a bit colloquial... As someone who lives smack dab in the middle of Kentucky and plays the violin I know very well... It's the bridge, fiddlers have a flatter shorter bridge, this assists with quick string changes and multi string playing which is a staple of fiddle playing... Of course people don't know that so they say there is no difference.
It *can* be the same, but isn't always. Fiddle players often prefer a flatter bridge, making string changes, shuffles, and chords easier to accomplish.
I played the violin in middle school but it had a flatter bridge meant for fiddling and i kept brushing other strings on accident until i had it replaced. So i usually say thats the difference
I was told that fiddles have slightly flatter bridges so that playing on multiple strings was easier, but I’m not sure since it’s a pretty small difference . Like at the core it’s still the same instrument
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Ones for classical music, the others for absolutely smoking the devil in a contest
Unless you’re really good at it, I’d stay away from hickory stumps
🎵"and he played fire on the mountain run boys run! 🎵🎵 THE DEVILS IN THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN! 🎵🎵 "
@@randomgaming9445 Chicken in the bread pan pickin out dough🎶🎵
JOHNNY, ROSIN UP YOUR BOW AND PLAY YOUR FIDDLE HARD, 'CAUSE H3LL'S BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA AND THE DEVIL DEALS THE CARDS AND IF YOU WIN YOU GET THIS SHINY FIDDLE MADE OF GOLD, BUT IF YOU LOSE THE DEVIL GETS YOUR SOOOOOUUUULLL! (Fiddle break)
I'd like tickets for the second, please 🙏.
You play a violin a weddings but you play a fiddle at weddin's
Best answer.
In my experience, the fiddle was also used in Eastern European shtetls (Jewish villages), so when I play Klezmer music (Jewish music, typically Yiddish), I play a fiddle, but when I play classical music, like idk, 1812 overture, I play a violin
Perrty much, ya.
Nah, the fiddle you play at Wendy's
Wheee-hooo
I don't think that joke would have landed 💀
Instead it crashed out 💀
@@FireWolfPlaysVRThat joke has a tendency to crash and burn when told in public.
Neither would the planes
Yeah me neither
Neither did the plane
As a fiddler, a fiddle is just a violin that has had whiskey spilt on it. 😂
Violin's alcoholic cousin who SUSPICIOUSLY is almost a twin??
That last joke crashed and burned.
Twice
@@copperbladegamingyt8368 four times, actually.
I just learned fiddle was a left handed violin and the my redneck dad calls every string instrument a fiddle
9/11 Jokes are plane wrong and 9/11 people don't think they are funny.
@@ErikB605 I'm sorry if it didn't fly with you. My humor doesn't always make the cut.
Bro, I've had 5 million people ask me this and my answer is the same "fiddle isn't an instrument it's a playing style"
I could say the same of a violin
"ye I jus' fiddle wit it fer a while"
@@strateupgamr7 “(elegantly)Yes I just violin with it for a While”
In general the bridge is cut lower with a fiddle, but yeah it's the same instrument
My dad plays the fiddle but sometimes plays classical pieces as practice, and then tries to gradually morph into a folk style..
My old church music director used to say the difference is you play fiddle on Saturday nights and violin on Sunday mornings
The way I learned the difference is that "you can spill beer on a fiddle"
Ain't no way a fiddle player would have ever treated their instrument with that much disrespect. Back in the day, those things would have cost the same as someone's house.
@@brutusthebear9050 its more of a saying. Playing a fiddle usually means a less formal setting, while a violin is seen as more "classy." The joke is based on this.
@@WytheAso basically you spill beer on a fiddle but you spill champagne on a violin
@@papastalin69 yeah, basically
The fiddler i once met at the renfair told me the bridge is more shaved to make double stops and string changes easier, and handed it to me when i said i play violin. As a violinist, the fiddle and violin are not 100% the same, but 90% the same. Just having the bridge shaved changes everything you know, you have to move your bowing arm differently bc the strings are so much closer... it was a pretty tricky switch.
I was going to say in Middle school music class I was told violins have a arched bridge and fiddles were more flat.
A violin sings, a fiddle dances.
I don't think you could have described that better with a word count of 20,000. Nicely said.
As an Irish fiddle player all i can say is the difference between a fiddle and a violin is the tune the person is playing on the instrument.
You fiddle with a violin, and violate the fiddle
😧
Actually, fiddle players will often file their bridges flatter than normal so they can hit multiple strings with less arm movement
Or additionally you can buy them like that but yup! The flatter finger board and bridge!
Fiddler here. I don't think that's as common as people think, at least where I'm from but it of course does happen. Another thing that differs is fiddlers tuning their fiddles with nonstandard tuning. My old fiddle teacher always had a second fiddle for playing an octave down. We also occasionally play it on our head lmao
It's still the same instrument, though. That's just an adaptation the players will make.
There's also the hardinger (SP?) fiddle, though, that actually is a bit different. It has 4 resonance strings that run down inside the body to give it a lovely hum as you play. It's featured in the Rohan scenes in LotR
The difference in a fiddle proper is how steep the slope on the bridge is, or rather how much flatter it is. Its meant to allow a fiddle player to have an easier time playing muldiole strings at once.
“I don’t think that joke would have landed”
Neither did the plane💀💀
Maurice Lennon, a famous Irish fiddle player was asked the question once during an interview, about the difference between a violin and a fiddle. His response was that someone who keeps their instrument in a case, plays the violin. Someone who plays the fiddle, wraps their instrument in newspaper.
If anyone was wondering, fiddles have flatter bridges and violins have more curved bridges. Fiddles can more easily do double and even triple stops this way (playing multiple strings at once) which is very common in fiddle music
Yes, but out of the factory they are the same. The flatter bridges are made by the musicians themselves, who file them down for easier playing
Violinist here. I advise you go back to the video you just watched, watch it again, and let it sink in, that they're all the same instrument. Individuals customizing their instruments does not make for a rule between one versus the other. And no, I'm not wondering. I am stating a fact. They're the same damn instrument. Just because some one shaves down the nut on a guitar doesn't magically make it into a new instrument.
The comparison to quantum mechanics was surprising accurate.
That joke wouldve landed about as well as the planes did
Violin is culture
Fiddle is agriculture
the triple punch at the end is amazing
For that last joke, I’m subbing
Im gonna be honest that short is a solid 9 out of 11
They played us like a damn fiddle
Chill out Kazuhira, start making burgers or something
Theres definitely a superposition wave collapse/twin towers joke that can be made here
A whole sketch that sits in a quantum superposition? 🤔
Impressive, sir. 😂💖
That reminds me of a norwegian folk song called per spelman, its about a guy who trades away his cow to get his fiddle back, throughout the song the fiddle is also referred to as a violin
It's 99% the style of music, but also some fiddlers like filing their bridges! It's a very fun technique to use
That escalated so quickly.
Shit escalated quickly there…
as an orchestral and bluegrass musician, the difference is absolutely by genre- alternatively, its big brother Bass can play either with no issue uwu
David crowder settled it for me,
It’s whether or not you are wearing shoes.
Difference between a violin and a fiddle, is you don't spill beer on a violin
That joke slaps. Thank you.
I've always differentiated the two by bridge heights
It's not so much the height of the bridge, as it is the radius that is shaved into the top of the bridge. The fiddle bridge is slightly flatter!
I saw that haymaker at the end like Stevie Wonder in the UFC. 💀
never let them know your next move
"i dont think that joke would have landed"
"yeah just like those planes"
That onslaught at the end....
As someone who played in a school orchestra, school band, and local fiddle competitions, what my instrument is called changes based on what I am practicing for.
my boyfriend's (a fiddle/violin player) favorite joke is only the fiddle can be used to open a beer
That took a fucking turn!
Wtf i was expecting an educational video about music and found a dark humor masterpiece lmao
Hardanger: "Does my flatter bridge and fingerboard mean nothing to you?"
The one I heard was that you don't cry when you spill beer on a fiddle.
My music professor said no, the bridge is usually a little more square on a fiddle.
The arch on the bridge of a fiddle is less pronounced than on a violin so the strings are closer to the fingerboard.
There are actually adaptations that some fiddlers will make to their bridge/strings sometimes, like a flatter bridge or steel strings, as well as certain ways of holding the bow.
There is actually a Norwegian fiddle that is different from the violin! Its called the Hardanger Fiddle, named after a place in Norway. And whats so special about it is that in addition to your regular four strings, it has 4 extra placed beneath the bridge I think for added effect! The second pair of strings arent played directly, but the vibration of the other strings make them sound, which adds a littlr something to the sound of it ^^
Damn the way that progressed quickly
Ooh you got me with the strang theory!
You didn’t know it was a joke until after you heard the punchline
Subbed, this was awesome
Thanks for the sub!
My grandfather told me a joke that floats around the folk communities here. A man walked into a music store and asked the clerk this exact question, and the clerk replied that it’s a violin when he’s selling one, but a fiddle when he’s buying it.
Oh it landed. It just landed like a Boeing.
Best music joke I’ve ever heard
I do believe there's a difference.
The strings are different on fiddle, and so are the bridge and size
But the violin has well made strings, and the usual bridge you'd see in an orchestra. That includes the size of the instrument itself.
On fiddle, the players change the strings to give it that 'tangy' or 'folk-like' sound to it. They also make the bridge a bit flatter to play intervals.
BRO THAT ENDING LMAOOOOO
Non stop holy sh!t
Oh damn. This one cuts deep
“Mr. President another joke has hit the fanl
You never fail to make me laugh
Schrödinger’s violin/fiddle. It is simultaneously both until it is used to create music that is one style or the other.
So glad i had not yet placed my meds in my mouth yet when this played. If the first one didnt get me, the second one absolutely would've crashed into me
The amount of jokes layered pretty much kills me
Dude
This was the funniest thing I has seen today
That escalated quickly
Introducing 2 new styles of music for that instrument. The Fiolin and the Viddle.
The difference is no one ever beat the devil in a contest with a violin
My dad likes to say that it is always a fiddle until enough money has been spent on it
“I don’t think that joke would have landed” neither did the planes
The jokes here are superb!!!
I exclaimed OUT LOUD 😂😂😂
Actual answer: a fiddle is any bowed string instrument played with the tail end supported by the body. Violins (sometimes modified) are the most common in modern Western European-derived music, but plenty of other types exist both historically and in other parts of the world.
The voice is also in that “quantum superposition”
The bridge is different. My violin teacher inherited a fiddle and brought it to show students the difference. Traditional fiddles have a flatter bridge while a violin has a more curved one. Of course you can change it so they could be either or depending on what bridge you put on.
That skit went from 0 to 60 real fast
He played us like a damn fiddle!
“the violin is the ONLY instrument that sits in a quantum superposition where you don’t know what instrument it is until after it’s being played”
Double/Upright Bass in the corner:
"I don't think that joke would've landed"
Neither did the planes...
I'm going to hell for that one
A violin is an opera, choir and orchestra a fiddle is everything else.
That joke really crashed and burned, il never forget it
Fiddling is the action. You can fiddle with anything. Once you fiddle with it its now a fiddle.
Fiddle music uses chords much more often, thus requiring the fiddle to have a much flatter bridge so you can hit 3 or 4 strings at once
Occasionally, the bridge on a fiddle will have a flatter shape, to make double stops easier.
This was not the way I thought it would but man was it good
The difference is that fiddles are *any* string instrument played in that style - Scottish fiddling usually uses a viola as a fiddle.
There are a few technical differences, though generally VIolinguy is right here. Violinists often prefer more synthetic strings whereas fiddlers often use steel strings, the tuning is different.
The only major difference in SOME cases is that certain Fiddles, such as some traditional Irish Fiddles, have been specifically designed to make 'Fiddling' easier, via having been designed with flatter or lower bridges is order to make playing double stops easier.
All that said though, it's usually pretty safe to say that the violin and the fiddle are the same instrument, just with some slight design variance at most.
The absolute nerd in me
"It had levels to it"
"Yeah that's what quantum means"
not quite, the bridge on a fiddle is slightly flatter to make it easier for triple string sounds without going full fortissimo, also the bow is usually kept looser with extra rosin on it for the same reason. but you're right it's more about style and you can play one as the other with those on the outside being none the wiser that you prepped for one but are playing it as the other.
There is a difference... But it's a bit colloquial... As someone who lives smack dab in the middle of Kentucky and plays the violin I know very well... It's the bridge, fiddlers have a flatter shorter bridge, this assists with quick string changes and multi string playing which is a staple of fiddle playing... Of course people don't know that so they say there is no difference.
I have heard bluegrass players say the difference is that they file down their bridge in order to make playing multiple strings at a time easier.
HO- HOLD UP MAN! One joke at a time!
i was not ready fot wtc reference
It *can* be the same, but isn't always. Fiddle players often prefer a flatter bridge, making string changes, shuffles, and chords easier to accomplish.
Y'all don't forget you can also use a fiddle to play an Irish jig.
I played the violin in middle school but it had a flatter bridge meant for fiddling and i kept brushing other strings on accident until i had it replaced. So i usually say thats the difference
Strangdinger’s cat theory right here
It was funny, I love the dark humor
I was told that fiddles have slightly flatter bridges so that playing on multiple strings was easier, but I’m not sure since it’s a pretty small difference . Like at the core it’s still the same instrument
Also the term “played me like a fiddle” could come from this dual genre naming convention.
real talk: the end of the video didn't read the room the first part of the video was in