What is the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
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The music you play. Cross-tunings are used in traditional fiddling.
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Take it to a violin repair-man. (unless you are one, then I have no clue)
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well i don't do it all the time. if you put too much you will see A LOT OF VISABLE WHITE DUST on your violin which is not good.(If you don't clean the dust off the strings and under the strings it will make your violin lose it's varnish(shiny polish))If you put too little you will start to notice that your notes are not quite as bold or that your bow is starting to slide right off the strings.So apply it when you need it.
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The ukulele, or uke, is a fretted string instrument. It's a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. In the early 20th century, the instrument's name was often rendered as "ukelele", a spelling still used in Great Britain. The Hawai'ian spelling 'ukulele is also sometimes seen.
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The ipod IS an mp3 player.\n\nThey are the same thing. ipod is just one specific brand.
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The electronics on both of them are poor compared to their more expensive counterparts, but I would lean toward the Les Paul because there are more controls and you can define your tone better.
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Actually both require practise. Depends on your preference actually. More towards westerned string instrument then cello. More towards chinese instrument then erhu. It's about the musical feeling essentially.
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if you are reading sheet music it has to do with a time signature. I the top number indicates how many beats are in each measure while the bottom means what type of note gets the beat. If you were refering to the size of a violin the sizes are 1/16 1/4 1/2 3/4 and4/4. A full size violin is 4/4 so a 1/2 violin is half the size of a full size.
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a viola..an orchestral instrument :)\n\niv played violin for 5 years, and when i started out, my dad bought me and excellent violin on EBAY! i know, duh, right? but it really is the best place to find one.\nor if you want a really cheap made-in-china one, look at ymonline.com \n\ngood luck
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Wow! That was a nice present. You can take it to a music store and they will put a new string on for you. While your there you should get rosin( if your violin didn't come with it) and a tuner. You could ask for a beginner book that has pictures and instructions, if you read everything carefully you can gain some knowlege of the violin even before you get lessons. Some books give more information than others, so see what is available.Also you could ask them to tune the violin while you are there.
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You can use different string instruments or you an even use different types of strings. Rope, nylon, thread and use different tensions with them.
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It's the word "perfect" that is the problem. I have found this old adage to be true, but there needs to be some clarification. The word "perfect" is being used in a relative sense more or less. Perfection can mean general mastery, as opposed to you being a god or something. Computers can do things perfectly, but it isn't truly perfect because there is no spontaneity or life to it. Perfection can often mean what _feels_ perfect. BTW, I am a professional violinist and although my playing isn't always perfect, I still have been able to find a certain amount of mastery through practice.\n\nDon't get discouraged if what ever it is you are practicing doesn't seem perfect. True mastery comes with time. And no it isn't complete perfection, but the rewards of your diligence will make you _perfectly_  happy.\n\nP.S. Some say this isn't good enough. They say "PERFECT practice makes perfect."The way you practice makes a big difference. Take the time do it right and don't forget that repetition seals perfection.
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The must-have album for violin lovers is Niccolo Paganini's "24 Caprices", performed by Ithzak Perlman. The caprices are "still the supreme test of any virtuoso violinist."
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If you don't have perfect pitch, you'll need either a tuning fork in A (cheap, about $2.50 in a music store), or an electronic metronome that also has a tuning function in it.  Tap the tuning fork against a hard object, then listen to it, and match the A string (2nd string from the right) with the sound of the tuning fork.  If the note is flat (sounds lower), turn the tuning peg (the peg where the string is wrapped around) clockwise.  If the note is sharp (sounds too high), turn the tuning peg counterclockwise.\n\nIf you have an electronic metronome, or piano, and aren't familiar with how to play a violin, it is probably easier to tune each string separately.  After the A string sounds right, tune the D string next (2nd string from the left) and then the G string (1st string on the left), and then the E string (1st string on the right).\n\nProfessional violinists tune by ear, and play 2 strings at the same time to listen to how the 2nd string sounds next to the 1st string.  This is what you see them doing at the beginning of an orchestral concert.\n\nIf you've never played a violin before, I would highly recommend asking someone at a violin shop to do it for you.  It is very easy to accidentally break the bridge (the thin wooden piece that the strings are pulled over) if you're not familiar with how to tune the violin.\n\nHope this helped & wasn't too confusing.
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Start out with a classical with nylon strings, its kinder to teh fingers!  :D
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Midi files are much much smaller than wav files.\n\nIn a midi, the instrument is stored electronically and then things about how the notes were made are played back.  A wav is just raw sound, everything is recorded.  If for example you pull a track off a music CD, the format of it is really WAV.\n\nHappy listening.
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www.uwa.edu.au/media/statements/2000/07/20000721.html \n\nDid the violin originate in Italy, as many assume, or was it a hybrid that originated north of the European Alps, possibly at the Polish court in the 16th century? \nDr Suzanne Wijsman, musician and researcher at The University of Western Australia and Robert Curry from Edith Cowan University's WA Academy of Performing Arts believe there are tantalising clues that this may well be the case. \nThey also believe that Poland in the 15th and 16th centuries may have played an important role in the evolution of the much-loved musical instrument. \n'Until recently it was assumed that the first violins were made in Italy in the 16th century, and were then disseminated throughout Europe, along with other aspects of Italian culture,' Dr Wijsman, a lecturer at UWA's School of Music said. \n'However there is interesting evidence to suggest that instruments existed in Northern Europe and Poland, in particular, that have characteristics we associate with the violin, raising new questions about its origins. \n'Robert Curry and I are looking at the possibility that these early instruments were spread through Europe by itinerant Jewish musicians in the 15th and 16th centuries, and that this may have influenced the evolution of the violin family.