Indonesian Rebab is mostly used to accompany and imitate singing by following closely the melody of the singers. Indian Sarangi has the same relationship with the singers but at the same time is not regarded as the important instruments such as sitar and tabla. Chinese huqin plays a great role in the ensembles that accompanying the Chinese opera singing, but never follow the singers that closely as it stands out. Violin in Western classical music usually do not serve as the imitation of the singers and by all means developed the most specialized techniques that requires an excessive amount of specialized training to master. How and why do cultures classify, value, and make use of fiddle instruments differently, on top of their diverse musical styles, playing techniques and conventions?This is one important question if one wants to understand the lives of different fiddles---a most common instrument found in many many cultures.
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