Fiddlers amongst the rabble?

[BozemanboB]

Seems the vast majority of threads here are about pipes. A few threads on whistles. But I can't recall the last one I saw about fiddles. Any fiddlers out there?

Fiddle and cello are traditional instruments for Scottish dance music, you know. The fiddle is a bit more portable than pipes, and I'd argue that the fiddle is more versatile than pipes - you can play bluegrass on a fiddle if the situation calls for it, but bluegrass on pipes? And you can regulate the volume of a fiddle easily. Still not an easy instrument to learn, but I'd bet there are more fiddle instructors than pipe instructors. And fiddles are more affordable than pipes. (I'm hoping to convert a few of you, in case you can't tell.)

Any fiddlers out there besides me? Who are you? How long have you played fiddle? List a few tunes you play? Your favorite fiddler?

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