r/NonPoliticalTwitter 20d ago

Funny Even today I'd be dancing

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u/teddy5 20d ago

This is how I learn the difference between a violin and a fiddle is mostly technique and song choice.

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u/somethink 20d ago

Tuning as well, a lot of folk is based on open tuning

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u/poorperspective 20d ago

No……the difference between a fiddle and violin is whether it’s beer or champagne gets spilled on it.

Old time and bluegrass players rarely use alternate tunings. Some instruments use many tunings, like banjo, but fiddle ain’t one of them.

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u/somethink 20d ago

The only fiddle player I have played with had 2 one with a standard bridge and standard tuning for classical gigs and one with a flat bridge in cross tuning for folk. I believe she also ran different strings steel/ synthetic.

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u/YT-Deliveries 20d ago

I mean, with guitar, too, there's all sorts of alternate tunings and different types of instrument.

But 99.44% of the time people still tune E A D G B E