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   loneoakNOSPAM@storm.ca to William Sommerwerck   
   Re: violin vs. fiddle   
   12 Oct 06 10:32:51   
   
   XPost: rec.music.classical.recordings, rec.music.makers.bowed-strings   
   From: loneoak@storm.ca   
      
   Actually, I am a fiddler and hang around with other fiddlers.  We do use   
   vibrato.   
      
   Astrid.   
      
      
   "William Sommerwerck"  wrote in message   
   news:ca6dnRQSvvEAvbPYnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@comcast.com...   
   > There is no difference. But a "fiddler" would generally play without   
   > vibrato   
   > ("white"), while a "violinist" would use vibrato.   
   >   
   > I don't want to get into a discussion of whether pre-Romantic violinists   
   > used vibrato, or the reasons for its introduction.   
   >   
   >   
      
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