On Aug 16, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
A friend of mine recently purchased a violin from someone in rural
Mississippi.
It's obvious from the photo that "3rd position" was never used on the
violin; and someone commented on the difference between a "fiddler"
and a "violinist." The implication being, "serious" musicians are
violinist, anyone else merely a "fiddler."
Check out Mark O'Connor, Nashville session fiddler who gives just
about any classical violinist a run for their money. He is a serious
virtuoso by any standards, and plays mean jazz violin, too.
All pejorative implications of the word "fiddler" went out the window
when I heard him.
Christopher
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