Editing Fiddle (section)

==Styles==
To a greater extent than classical violin playing, fiddle playing is characterized by a huge variety of ethnic or [[folk music]] traditions, each of which has its own distinctive sound.

===Europe===

====Great Britain====
* [[Folk music of England|English folk music]] fiddling, including
**[[Music of Northumbria|Northumbrian]] fiddle style, which features "seconding", an improvised harmony part played by a second fiddler.
**[[Lake District|Lakeland]] or [[Cumbria]]n fiddling has a repertoire largely based upon [[hornpipe]]s but also incorporates reels and jigs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Anne Geddes |title=Some Old Lake Country Fiddlers and their Tune Books |url=http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Irwin/Lake%20District%20Fiddlers.html}}</ref>
* [[Scottish fiddling]], including:
**[[Shetland]] fiddling, which includes [[Trow (folklore)|trowie]] tunes said to come from [[Little people (mythology)|peerie folk]]. The style is characterised by "ringing strings" and syncopated rhythms.
**A North East (particularly [[Aberdeenshire]] and [[Moray]]) tradition strongly influenced by baroque violin technique with staccato and [[Scotch snap]] bowing techniques and [[double stops]].
**A [[Scottish Borders]] tradition with a repertoire heavy in [[hornpipe]]s and with heavy use of [[double stops]].
**A [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]] tradition, highly influenced by the ornamentation and [[mixolydian]] scale of the [[Great Highland Bagpipe]], as well as smoother bowing than other Scottish fiddle styles and a swinging of the 6/8 [[jig]] rhythm.
**A West Highland and [[Hebrides|Hebridean]] Tradition, very closely related to the Highland tradition with major influence from the [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]] song tradition.
**An [[Orkney]] tradition with simpler bowing and ornamentation but with tunes featuring [[accidental (music)|accidentals]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Joseph Lyons |url=http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Home/scottish-fiddle.htm |title=Scottish Fiddle Music |publisher=Scotlandsmusic.com |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419115950/http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Home/scottish-fiddle.htm |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref>
* [[Music of Wales|Welsh fiddling]] (Welsh ''Ffidil''; see [[Ar Log]]), a recently revived tradition.

====Ireland====
* [[Irish traditional music|Irish folk music]] fiddling including:
**[[Donegal fiddle tradition|Donegal]] fiddling from the northwest in [[Ulster]], which features [[mazurka]]s and a Scottish-influenced repertoire including [[Strathspey (dance)|Strathspey]] and [[Highland Fling]] dances. Fiddlers tend to play fast and make heavy use of [[staccato]] bowing and may from time to time "play the bass", meaning a second fiddler may play a melody an octave below where a first fiddler is playing it.
**[[Sligo]] fiddling from northern [[Connacht]], which like Donegal fiddling tends to be fast, but with a bouncier feel to the bowing.
**[[Galway]] fiddling southern [[Connacht]], which is slower than Sligo or Donegal traditions, with a heavier emphasis on ornamentation. Tunes are occasionally played in Eb or Bb to match the tonality of flat pipes.
**[[County Clare|Clare]] fiddling from northern [[Munster]], which tends to be played near the slower Galway tempo yet with a greater emphasis on the melody itself rather than ornamentation.
**[[Sliabh Luachra]] fiddling from the southwest in [[Munster]], characterized by a unique repertoire of [[polka]]s and [[slide (tune type)|slides]], the use of [[double stop]]s and [[drone (music)|drones]], as well as playing the melody in two octaves as in Donegal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishfiddle.com/article_on_styles1.html |title=Regional Irish Fiddle Styles |publisher=Irishfiddle.com |access-date=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423204037/http://www.irishfiddle.com/article_on_styles1.html |archive-date=2012-04-23 }}</ref>

====Nordic countries====
[[File:JPP Areenalla.jpeg|thumb|The folk music band [[JPP]] at the 2015 [[Kaustinen Folk Music Festival]] in [[Kaustinen|Kaustinen, Finland]]]]
* [[Music of Norway|Norwegian fiddling]] (including [[Hardanger fiddle|Hardanger]] fiddling; see also [[Bygdedans]] and [[Gammaldans]]), including traditions from:
**[[Røros Municipality|Røros]] and [[Nord-Noreg]] styles, both using the standard fiddle.
**[[Finnskogen]], using the standard fiddle, but featuring some [[flat (music)|flatted notes]] influenced by Finnish folk music.
**[[Voss Municipality|Voss]] and [[Telemark]] styles, both using the [[Hardanger fiddle]].
**[[Setesdal]], which uses both standard and Hardanger fiddles.
* [[Swedish folk music|Swedish fiddling]] (including [[Låtfiol]] playing; see also [[Spelmanslag]] and [[Gammaldans]]), including traditions from:
**[[Jämtland]]
**[[Dalarna]]
* [[Music of Finland|Finnish fiddling]], including the regional styles of:
**[[Kaustinen]]
**[[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]], heavily influenced by Swedish fiddling.

====Continental Europe====
[[File:KLEZPO.png|thumb|upright|right|Klezmer fiddlers at a wedding, Ukraine, ca. 1925]]
* [[Music of Austria|Austrian fiddling]]
* [[French fiddling]], including an old tradition from [[Corrèze]] and a revived one from [[Music of Brittany|Brittany]]
* [[Hungarian folk music]] traditions
* [[Music of Italy|Italian fiddling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/med/Med+mid%20frame.html |title=Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref>
* [[Klezmer]] fiddling<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/klezmer/Klezmer%20frame.html |title=Klezmer Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref>
* [[Polish fiddling]]
* [[Music of Portugal|Mainland Portuguese]] and [[Azores|Azorean]] fiddling
* [[Romanian fiddling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/easterneurope/Easterneurope%20frame.html |title=East European and Gypsy Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref>

===Americas===

====United States====
[[Image:Peter Stampfel 08.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Peter Stampfel]] from [[The Holy Modal Rounders]]]]
[[American fiddling]], a broad category including traditional and modern styles

=====Traditional=====
*[[Blues]] fiddling
*[[Cajun music|Cajun]] and [[Zydeco]] fiddling
*[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] fiddling, including:
**[[Cherokee]]<ref name="OKHistory" />
**[[Muscogee|Creek]]<ref name="OKHistory" />
**[[Tohono O'odham]] [[Chicken scratch|waila music]], a style heavily influenced by Mexican fiddling<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.canyonrecords.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=CR-8082 |title=Gu-Achi Fiddlers - Old Time O'odham Fiddle Music (CR-8082) |publisher=Store.canyonrecords.com |access-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803000540/http://store.canyonrecords.com/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=CR-8082 |archive-date=2012-08-03 }}</ref> and featuring irregular counts and harmonies in thirds, fourths, and sixths.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
*[[Old time fiddle|Old time]] fiddling, including:
**Fiddling from [[Appalachia]], the most well-known style today, featuring heavy use of droning and double-stops as well as syncopated bowing patterns.
**[[Athabaskan fiddling]] of the Interior Alaska.
**[[Midwest]]ern fiddling, highly influenced by [[Scandinavian music]].
**[[Ozarks]] fiddling, faster and crisper bowing than Appalachia.
**[[Texas]] fiddling, with influences from [[Music of Mexico|Mexican]] fiddling and an emphasis on competitive playing.[[File:Kenny Baker-fiddle.jpg|thumb|right|Bluegrass fiddler [[Kenny Baker (fiddler)|Kenny Baker]]]]
**[[New England]] fiddling, with strong influences from [[Quebec|Québécois]]/[[French Canadian]] and British repertoires.
**[[Pacific Northwest|Northwest]] fiddling, with influences from both Ozark and Midwestern fiddle styles, though with a strong emphasis on competitive playing like Texas fiddling.

=====Modern=====
*[[Bluegrass fiddle|Bluegrass]] fiddling
*[[Country music|Country]] fiddling
*[[Western swing]] style fiddling<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/westernswing/wswingframe.html |title=Western Swing Fiddle |publisher=Fiddlingaround.co.uk |access-date=2011-11-14}}</ref>

====Canada====
Fiddling remains popular in [[Canada]], and the various homegrown styles of [[Canadian fiddling]] are seen as an important part of the country's cultural identity, as celebrated during the opening ceremony of the [[Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics]].
*[[Cape Breton fiddling]], with a distinct Scottish influence
*[[French Canadian]] fiddling including "[[crooked tune]]s", that is, tunes with irregular beat patterns.
*[[Métis fiddle|Métis fiddling]], of central and western Canada featuring strong French Canadian influence, but with even more "crooked" tunes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jsis.washington.edu/canada/collections/metis2.shtml |title=Jackson School of International Studies - Canadian Studies Center |publisher=Jsis.washington.edu |access-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062109/http://jsis.washington.edu/canada/collections/metis2.shtml |archive-date=2013-10-23 }}</ref>
*[[Newfoundland]] fiddling, also featuring many crooked tunes, colloquially termed ‘singles’ or ‘doubles’.
*[[Maritimes]], [[Acadian]] or Downeast style of fiddling, which has many similarities to [[Cape Breton fiddling]]
*[[English Canadian]] fiddling or Anglo-Canadian fiddling

====Mexico====
[[Image:Silvestre Vargas Orfeon.JPG|thumb|right|[[Silvestre Vargas]] (1901–1985), fiddler of the [[Mariachi Vargas]] from 1921 to 1975, director from 1931 to 1955]]
[[Music of Mexico|Mexican]] fiddling includes
*Danza indígena
*[[Mariachi]]
*Son arribeño
*[[Son calentano]]
*[[Son huasteco]]
*Son planeco
*Violín-tambora
*Violín tuxtleco
*Violín mixteco

====South America====
* [[Forró]], a type of music from Brazil, including the ''[[rabeca]]'' fiddle tradition
* [[Music of Peru|Peruvian violin]]

===Africa, Asia and Australia===
*[[African fiddle]]
*[[Australian folk music]] traditions
*[[Huqin]] Chinese fiddles
*[[Morna (music)|Morna]] fiddling from [[Cape Verde]]
*[[Indian fiddle]]
*[[Indian classical music]]