[LMB] OT: Fiddling

[Meg Justus]

> how many of us are writing stories? *waves to Megaera *

You mean the historical adventure trilogy with a little fantasy and a little 
romance?  The one that ate New York?  The first volume of which is 
collecting rejection letters at an alarming rate and the second of which 
is -- finally -- getting written at a reasonable pace?

What is it with trilogies, anyway?  And mobius strips?

> i need to know, can a person sing while fiddling?

I saw the Charlie Daniels Band in concert once many years ago, and they 
didn't.  Not simultaneously, anyway.

> i have seen violins tucked under the chin, which would make speech/song
> difficult.  but i read about fiddlers singing.  don't they tuck fiddles 
> the
> same as violins?  aren't they the same thing but different quality?

Same thing, not necessarily different quality.  Didn't the Boston Pops once 
do a show where the guest violinist did some fiddle music? Just a different 
kind of music.  Or kinds.

ISTR that they are tuned slightly differently, but don't take my word for 
it.

Megaera
who vastly prefers fiddle to violin