Editing Violin (section)

===Popular music===
[[File:Lindsey Stirling.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Lindsey Stirling]] performing at [[TEDx]] Berkeley, 2012]]
Up through at least the 1970s, most types of popular music used bowed [[string section]]s. They were extensively used in popular music throughout the 1920s and early 1930s. With the rise of [[swing music]], however, from 1935 to 1945, the string sound was often used to add to the fullness of [[big band]] music. Following the [[swing era]], from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, strings began to be revived in [[traditional pop]] music. This trend accelerated in the late 1960s, with a significant revival of the use of strings, especially in [[soul music]]. Popular [[Motown]] recordings of the late 1960s and 1970s relied heavily on strings as part of their trademark texture.

With the rise of [[Electronic music|electronically created music]] in the 1980s, violins declined in use, as synthesized string sounds played by a keyboardist with a [[synthesizer]] took their place. However, while the violin has had very little usage in mainstream [[rock music]], it has some history in [[progressive rock]] (e.g., [[Electric Light Orchestra]], [[King Crimson]], [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], [[Gentle Giant]]). The instrument has a stronger place in modern [[jazz fusion]] bands, notably [[The Corrs]].

The popularity of [[crossover music]] beginning in the last years of the 20th century has brought the violin back into the popular music arena, with both electric and acoustic violins being used by popular bands. [[Dave Matthews Band]] features violinist [[Boyd Tinsley]]. [[The Flock (band)|The Flock]] featured violinist [[Jerry Goodman]] who later joined the [[jazz-rock fusion]] band, [[The Mahavishnu Orchestra]]. [[James (band)|James]]' [[Saul Davies]], who is also a [[guitar]]ist, was enlisted by the band as a violinist.

The [[folk metal]] band [[Ithilien (band)|Ithilien]] use violin extensively along their discography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Ithilien-l-en.html|title=Ithilien - discography, line-up, biography, interviews, photos|website=www.spirit-of-metal.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-12}}</ref> [[Progressive metal]] band [[Ne Obliviscaris (band)|Ne Obliviscaris]] feature a violin player, Tim Charles, in their line-up.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/NeObliviscarisBand/ | title=Ne Obliviscaris| website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref>

Independent artists, such as [[Owen Pallett]], [[The Shondes]], and [[Andrew Bird]], have also spurred increased interest in the instrument.<ref name=ChicagoMag>{{cite web |first=Brian |last=Golden |work= Chicago Magazine | date=December 5, 2017 |title=Andrew Bird Brings His Sweeping Symphony of Sounds to Chicago | url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2017/Andrew-Bird-Echolocations-River}}</ref> [[Independent music|Indie]] bands have often embraced new and unusual arrangements, allowing them more freedom to feature the violin than many mainstream musical artists. [[Lindsey Stirling]] plays the violin in conjunction with electronic/dubstep/trance rifts and beats.<ref name="hercampus">{{cite journal |last= Self |first= Brooke |date= April 9, 2011 |title= Lindsey Stirling—hip hop violinist |url= http://www.hercampus.com/school/byu/lindsey-stirling%E2%80%94hip-hop-violinist |journal= [[Her Campus]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141205163809/http://www.hercampus.com/school/byu/lindsey-stirling-hip-hop-violinist |archive-date= 2014-12-05 |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Eric Stanley (violinist)|Eric Stanley]] improvises on the violin with [[hip hop music]]/pop/classical elements and instrumental beats.<ref name="vh1">{{cite web |last= Tietjen |first= Alexa |url= http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-04-08/fetty-wap-trap-queen-violin-freestyle/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150410191820/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2015-04-08/fetty-wap-trap-queen-violin-freestyle/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 10, 2015 |title= Get Your Life From This Violin Freestyle Of Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" |publisher= [[VH1]] |website= vh1.com |access-date= May 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |last= Martinez |first= Marc |subject-link= Eric_Stanley_(violinist)|title= Eric Stanley: Hip Hop Violinist |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Vew6mIV5U | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/H_Vew6mIV5U| archive-date=2021-10-29|publisher= [[KTSP-TV]] |location= Phoenix |date= October 3, 2010 |work= Fox 10 News |access-date= December 11, 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> The successful [[indie rock]] and [[baroque pop]] band [[Arcade Fire]] use violins extensively in their arrangements.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arcade Fire – 10 of the best|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-12|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/17/arcade-fire-10-of-the-best}}</ref>