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2. American fiddle - Wikipedia

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   Generally, the setup of the instruments is different: Fiddle bridge top may be slightly flatter; String action height may be lower; Strings more often steel than synthetic or gut; Fiddle more commonly set up with pickup; Fiddle more commonly set up with four fine tuners; violinists more likely to use a single tailpiece E tuner

3. Richard Greene (musician) - Wikipedia

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   Richard Greene (born November 9, 1942) is an American violinist who has been described as "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time". [1] Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". [2]

4. List of fiddlers - Wikipedia

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   Darol Anger (also jazz); Kenny Baker; Byron Berline; Sam Bush; Jason Carter; Vassar Clements (also country, jazz); Michael Cleveland; Charlie Cline; Curly Ray Cline ...

5. Michael Cleveland - Wikipedia

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   Cleveland was born in Henryville, Indiana.He was born completely blind and a childhood ear infection caused him to lose 80% of his hearing in one ear. [2] He first learned to play violin at a local Suzuki program when he was 4 years old.

6. Ross Holmes - Wikipedia

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   Elliott Ross Holmes [1] (born June 14, 1984) is an American violinist, fiddler, composer and producer known for his progressive style that is genre fluid, mixing old and new world styles. [2]

7. List of popular music violinists - Wikipedia

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   Gingger Shankar (10-string double violin, of The Smashing Pumpkins) John Sheahan (The Dubliners, folk) Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant) Rosemary Siemens (gospel, classical, pop, bluegrass) Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz) Kyla-Rose Smith (Afropop, hip hop) Sophie Solomon (Oi Va Voi, klezmer, folk, rock) Eric Stanley (hip hop, pop, classical) Robby ...

8. Fiddle - Wikipedia

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   The difference was likely compounded by the different sounds expected of violin music and fiddle music. Historically, the majority of fiddle music was dance music, [3] while violin music had either grown out of dance music or was something else entirely. Violin music came to value a smoothness that fiddling, with its dance-driven clear beat ...

9. Violin construction and mechanics - Wikipedia

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   A violin consists of a body or corpus, a neck, a finger board, a bridge, a soundpost, four strings, and various fittings.The fittings are the tuning pegs, tailpiece and tailgut, endpin, possibly one or more fine tuners on the tailpiece, and in the modern style of playing, usually a chinrest, either attached with the cup directly over the tailpiece or to the left of it.