I have been playing the violin for years now.
Yeah? I usually call it more informally as the "fiddle". But it's a nice wooden instrument. Do you play classical or folk style music?
Classical! What is your preference? 
I prefer to play traditional irish music. It was a folk music developed in Ireland. Do you have a favorite composer?
Beethoven! What is folk music, I never really understood what that genre was. 
Well, it's a little complicated. But basically the term "folk music" came from the 19th century, and was used to describe music that came before then. So it's kind of always used to describe "older and traditional" music.
Ok, lol, I thought it meant something else... I won't say, I am too embarrassed
strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). 
Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments and in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectric pickups are used
part of a traditional rhythm section in Hungarian folk music. The flat bridge lets the musician play three-string chords. A three stringed double bass variant is also used.
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.
Styles Europe.
Styles Europe Great Britain.
- English folk music fiddling, including
- The Northumbrian fiddle style, which features "seconding", an improvised