Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

Malcolm House was 12 years old when he first started playing the fiddle in northern Quebec Cree territory, back in 1953. At the time, he had to go visit a friend and play his fiddle, because House ...

Available today, Smule’s $2.99 Magic Fiddle iPad app turns Apple’s $499 tablet into a $501.99 digital fiddle of sorts. The app teaches you to play the fiddle using a rolling line of notes that cross ...

Fiddler Daniel Hoffman is a bit of a musical boundary-breaker — just the kind of guy, in fact, to attempt the near-impossible task of learning to play the Irish fiddle in a week. The Tel Aviv-based ...

There is no question that violin-making is an art form. It requires a musician's ear, a craftsperson's skill, and a historian ...

The late great conductor Leonard Bernstein once was asked which instrument in the orchestra was the most difficult to play. The maestro gave a surprising answer. “Second fiddle,” he said promptly. “I ...