Fiddle

The fiddle is the same musical instrument as the violin. The word "fiddle" applies when the player is producing folk music or jazz. Many people do not realize that they are, in fact, the same instrument, perhaps because the folk sounds eminating from fiddles are very different from the "art music" sounds eminating from violins. Since the instrument is physically the same, see violin for a description of fiddles; the following article concerns primarily the different styles and history of folk fiddle playing, or "fiddling."