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   bogul wrote:   
      
   > LOL. After reading the other posts, not sure I really want to weigh in on   
   > this with a serious reply.   
   >   
   > Only distinction I've ever heard of (and again there's no such thing as   
   > any offical difference) has to do with the setup and style. A "fiddle"   
   > player might prefer a flatter bridge setup to enable playing double stops   
   > or triple stops which are more common in "fiddle" music than "violin"   
   > music.   
      
   Let's refine that observation a little further.   
      
   A flatter bridge curve really doesn't really facilitate double stops -- in   
   fact, a more curved bridge (standard classical setup) actually lets you   
   play them louder.   
      
   And on a classical setup you can always mash out a simultaneous triple stop   
   if you really need to by moving the bow a little further away from the   
   bridge.   
      
   What a flatter bridge does facilitate is rapid repeated string crossings,   
   especially those involving double stops, such as the characteristic   
   "shuffle" patterns used in some styles of fiddling.   
      
   I think that that must be the reason why some fiddlers favor a flatter   
   bridge.   
      
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