Where I grew up, a violin was called a "fiddle"! I didn't think of it as the kind of classical instrument I now do.
I always thought they were different musical instruments, so they aren't/
I can see that, since the music played is so different. From chamber music and orchestras to country music and bluegrass!
Exactly!  It seems that the violin is very versatile.  Isn't there a super pricey one maybe a Stratavarius?
in some forms of rock music and jazz fusion, with the pickups plugged into instrument amplifiers and speakers to produce sound. Further, the violin has come to be played in many non-Western music cultures, including Indian music and Iranian music. The name "fiddle" is often used regardless of the type of music played on it.
The violin was first known in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection. In
appear in ensembles supplying orchestral backgrounds to many jazz recordings.
Musical styles Indian classical music.
The Indian violin, while essentially the same instrument as that used in Western music, is different in some senses. The instrument is tuned so that the IV and III strings (G and D on a western-tuned violin) and the II and I (A and E) strings are sa–pa (do–sol) pairs and sound the same but are offset by an octave, resembling common scordatura or fiddle cross