For years man has been struggling with that nagging question, “What is the difference between an violin and a fiddle?”

“Main difference between a violin and a fiddle is in the audience. The people trying to stay awake are listening to a violin.”

“The difference between a fiddle and a violin is that a violin has strings and a fiddle has strangs.”

“My dad used to say the difference between a fiddle and a violin was, that you put a violin in a hard shell case and you put a fiddle in a flour sack!”

“A violinist will hit a grand movement and the audience will have awed whispers. A fiddler hitting a hot lick trip will over three lazy dogs, fall off the porch and keep play’n.”

For more such thoughts and wisdom on the subject, visit the website of Wayne Cantwell, The Flyin’ Fiddler.