Hey the different between a fiddle and a violin is just whiskey... lol this is a mandolin 💖💫

“This here is a fiddle..” 😂😂 I lost it

Just a quick note, he wasn't trying to be funny with those lyrics. He wrote it about a good friend who is serving his second term (20 years) for possession of methampethamine.

you should check out the version where he’s about 16 on his couch at a home party. incredible to think he wrote it and plays so incredible.

Check out Turmoil and Tinfoil, Meet Me at the Creek, Away from the Mire, and one of his new ones, Wargasm. Really can’t go wrong with this gang.

Billy Strings is absolutely phenomenal. A legend in the making.

Billy had a heavy metal sidebar but returned to bluegrass. There is a lot of heavy metal flavor to his writing.

Violin has strings Fiddle has Strangs It's all in where and what you're playin..also I believe that dude is playin a mandolin I love bluegrass. Thanks for reaching dude

He's playing a mandolin. It is tuned the same as a fiddle/violin, with eight vs four strings. The fiddle/violin (played with a bow) are the same instrument.

Billy is helping get younger folks interested in bluegrass, and I'm here for it. If you like this, check out some old-school Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Tony Rice joints.

These guys are some of the best flatpickers around. Billy was SO good when he was so young too. Doing these licks and runs, flatpicking, is incredibly difficult. Love your channel. Subbed.✌️

Your reaction was status quo, 😂🤣& I have laughed my ass to tears. And these dudes are really shredding their instruments. Awesome to see you and so many others not accustomed to such hillbillies enjoy this genre from Appalachia. Kudos from my Carolina lair in them thar hills.lol

My brother lol. I’m a 62 year old woman of causation persuasion and a new subscriber. This is the first time to your site and that’s all it took for me to love your reaction. I want to see your reactions to: Ram Jam playing Black Betty, kid singing in a guitar shop, Elvis and the black experience (not sure that is the exact

A violin has strings and a fiddle's gawt STRANGS✌ that's the only difference.

As a fiddle player, I must agree….A fiddle is always required 😉.

Bill Strings came from a poor background with lots of drug addiction in his family - specifically Methamphetamine. So, he brings this modern topic to Blue Grass. And if you also watch his other videos, Billy plays Blue Grass with a Heavy Metal edge. In fact, he also does covers of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin songs.

Check out all of Billy Strings music. He will impress you with every song. “Watch it fall” is my favorite.

Bluegrass is the heavy metal of country music...

I discovered Billy strings when I was looking for some decent Grateful Dead covers on KZfaq. I love his versions of "China Doll", "Wharf Rat", "Me and My Uncle", and "Loser". Through Billy I discovered Molly Tuttle. You ought to check out some of her stuff, too. Her original "Take the Journey", or her cover of the Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow", or my favorite, her version of "Cold Rain and Snow".

The black and white communities are dealing with the same things. In some situations it is slanted, however we are still the same and different and going through the same things. Much love .

That beautiful instrument is a mandolin and it’s no easy feat. I first fell in love with it as a small child at a Bluegrass festival.

Fiddle and mandolin are tuned the same but the fiddle is played with a bow while the mandolin is picked. Violin & Fiddle are the same instrument played in a different style (violins are primarily in orchestras where you only play what's on the sheet and nothing else).

The Man of Constant sorrow reference caught me, good eye!

This dudes claps are thunderous.

Thanks for checking Billy out. Another jem id recomend is Billy Joe Shaver Wacko from Waco

I’ve gone down the bluegrass rabbit hole per se for the last two ish years. Been all over. There is some great music to be found. (plenty of not great too, but that is any genre)

The difference between a Fiddle and a violin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle. The stick is called a bow. Be cool!!

That is a mandolin its a 12 string instrument or 6 pairs of strings. A fiddle is just a violin by a different name. And bluegrass doesnt technically have any instrumental requirements. But in general the "backup" stringed instruments are taking the place of a drummer and thats why they tend to be twangy like a mandolin(or hats on the drum) and snappy like the banjo(the snare) and plucky standup bass(like the kick) and then the main guitar is like the lead rhythm parts.

I'm gonna subscribe for dropping the reference to 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

I love being introduced to new things. And I love seeing people do the same. That's how we learn, it's what makes life great.

That's "If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band." That sir, is a mandolin. As someone else here said, the difference between violin and fiddle is whiskey.

This is the heavy metal of blue grass I love this song man it's funny and then watching you laugh made me hit the floor LMMFAO I just HAD TO SUB!!

It's a Mandolin it has 8 strings. Difference between a Fiddle and a Violin, the fiddle bridge is flatter (sanded down) so you can easily play multiple strings at once.

It's a mandolin and not a fiddle but what a great reaction!! Your enjoyment is infectious and I need to subscribe!

Subbed. For your open mindedness, and infectious honesty.. awesome. And, that's a mandolin, lol.

You wont regret adding Billy to your playlist

New sub here. Loved the genuine reaction.

Dude...welcome to some serious genre-bending songwriting, played impeccably in the old style of bluegrass. The songriwting is as epic as the playing. I don't like much bluegrass, I dig mostly rock music. When I hear this, I think of his guitar being played through a Marshall amp. This is the speed-metal of bluegrass, but it's BEAUTIFUL music. This is where the genre is the vehicle for the song. Sometimes, a great song and/or great songrwiting just IS and it transcends your preferences/prejudices with music you thought you didn't like. Review the video/song "Watch It Fall" and think about what is going on in the world around you while you listen to it.

I've watched this twice and can't stop laughing!! I hope you fell down the Billy Strings rabbit hole! ( Fiddle is optional but they are awesome with it!)

The Bango came from Africa and a lot of southern people embraced the sound

OK, what you are looking at is a mandolin; a little 8 string affair that is played like fire. As for the violin vs. fiddle. Both are played with a bow, the difference is a fiddle is played in Bluegrass, a violin in an orchestra! LOL!

What he is playing is a mandaline. The difference between a violin and fiddle is one has strings and the other has strangs.

Lol a fiddle!!! You have me in tears.. Mandolin my man...

"Turmoil and Tinfoil" Billy String's Dad was a picker too, so he learned to platy at his Fathers knee.

Blue Grass is played without percussion. That's the defining factor in it. Also that's a maldalin not a fiddle

You should go back into his younger days of playing, including with his step father, who taught him how to play. He is pretty much the No ! flat picker there is. He is also in demand with others who want to perform with him. Also, if you want to hear a family young group of Blue Grass perfromers, it would be worth anyone's time watching and listening to Cotton Pickin Kids. They even have some songs, they have written.

“If you’re gonna play texas you gotta have a fiddle in the band” is that the reference you’re talking about? 😂

We gotta get you on some Goose. The energy is unreal

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On the violin you play the strings on a fiddle you play the the strangs. Lol

Great tune. Great message

I’m sure others have stated but no fiddles here. It’s a Mandolin.

A fiddle is the same as a violin but most likely called such because of the Irish immigrants who brought them over and helped create bluegrass music. The word Fiddle likely came from an Old English word Fithele which in turn probably came from Latin Vitulari.

Violin is played in a symphony, a fiddle is played in your backyard....

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He was playing a mandolin... a fiddle is country for violin.. so glad you liked Billie Strings ❤️ he's a cool dude.. if you ever get to watch the interview about his dad's guitar, please watch it's an awesome story!

A fiddle and a violin are exactly the same instrument, just played differently. It's called a fiddle in country and British folk music, and a violin in classical and pop music. I think that country fiddlers and classical violinists hold the instrument and bow a bit differently.

My wife and I saw Billy and his mates this past November , WHAT A SHOW ! see him if you can !

He's playing a mandalin. There is no fiddle in this song. However, Mandalin & fiddle are related and are usually tuned the same. The difference between a Fiddle & a violin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle. Violin is more of a classical instrument, and a fiddle is more about Bluegrass/Folk/old time music. Hope that helps.

bluegrass festivals are so damn fun

Violin is played with a BOW. Charlie Daniels says, "Johnny rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hot", because that's just only way* to play. Like it's hot. You'll hear in bluegrass alot, one of them say play it hot! Play it like you stole it! You know that type thing. That little thing is a Mandolin. It's very easy to learn, it's easier for folks with little hands to learn compared to guitar.

Dude, so many reactions seem fake. Your reaction broke the mold! Love finding genuine reactions. Subbed.

The only difference between a violin and a fiddle is a violinist plays what's written on a page and a fiddler plays what's in his head.

Damn that's a more technical explanation for the difference between a fiddle and violin. I always heard the difference was whiskey stains and attitude

If you want to play in texas by law you have to have a fiddle in the band

If you want a good document on the banjo, watch Bela Fleck throw down your heart! Super informative and very interesting film

You mentioned Billy's music reminded u of the music in O Brother Where 'Art Thou. Billy performs that song from the movie, Man of Constant Sorrow. Check it out. Luv ur reactions! 😊👍

As an addict in the outpatient phase of rehab this song cracks me up bc it true yo omg 😂

Billy Strings writes what he knows about. Damn fine, and fun, music!

That's a mandolin, difference between fiddle and violin is bowing style, violin is straight bow, no change in position on the lower strings, fiddle is played with round bowing, it makes a sort of circular motion on the lower strings

FYI ---- the banjo is primarily an African-derived instrument.

Its a Mandolin. It has 8 strings. Mandolin is in the fiddle family. A violin is played with a bow. The difference between a Violin and a fiddle is the type of music played on it. Classical makes it a Violin. Bluegrass makes it a fiddle

Don't think too much, it can only hurt the ball club. He's playing a Mandolin. The difference between a Fiddle and a Vilolin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle.

He's playing a mandolin, not a fiddle. More importantly, the banjo originated in Africa and was recreated by African Slaves in America. Bluegrass are really laments, dare I say, blues. Very soulful

Bluegrass is the original Folk Music.

It's called a bow and early ones were arch-shaped and looked like the bow used to shoot arrows.

Great reaction to a great song.

Just popping back in to say that Billy Strings will be playing the Grammy's this Saturday April 3rd and is also up for 2 Grammy's, Best album "Renewal" and Performance for "Love and Regret". Thought you might like to know.

Would recommend : Watch it Fall or Dealing Despair

Hi-Test Hillbilly here... lovin bluegrass ❤

I like to explain bluegrass as "the hillbilly blues". It was all about the life & times of the appalachian folk (namely those in the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern KY, WV, and NE TN). But even though this topic is not normally hit on by other bluegrass artists, this is poignant since bluegrass has always sang about substance use/abuse. Traditionally, a bluegrass setup is guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and upright bass. sometimes one of those things will go missing (either fiddle, mandolin, or guitar), but a 5 piece is pretty traditional. My dad was the banjoist in his own blugrass band when i was growing up :)

Scruggs style banjo (finger picks) makes Bluegrass, second most important would be the mandolin, otherwise it could be considered String band, or Old Time music. Of course there a a few more details, but instrument-wise that's the case.

The difference between a vilion and fiddle is one is played in the south other up north

A fiddle is just a violin that has had the bridge flattened a bit. That way you can play more than one string at a time. Itzhak Perlman called himself a fiddler, but he was one of the greatest violinists ever on earth. He was the violinist on the soundtrack of Schindler's List. You should check him out.

Instrument you're referring to is a mandolin. Billy's style is called flat picking. Check Turmoil and Tinfoil. Heavy metal...War Pigs. I love Red Daisy. Look up the song meaning. ❤

Homeboy can ROLL!!

The difference between a fiddle and a violin is a violin has strings and a fiddle has strangs 😂

This is a Mandolin that guy is playing.

The fiddle and mandolin are tuned the same way. Minor keys are usual more interesting to the ear. He is playing a mandolin.

Love Billy Strings. His best song is Shady Grove you really need to check that out. Billy Strings was homeless and extremely poor and now just exploding. Thank you for sharing this.

Billy Strings-In The Morning Light is awesome!

You brother just subscribed, Great work!! I have a request. Can you react to Roll the bones by shakey graves the audio tree version. Its dope and would really like your thought on it. Have a blessed day

LOL Billy good picker, the Appalachian mtn are full of pickers, and the mtn is full of dope, I left cause it was so bad, but this makes me miss the mtn, just needs to clean up a lil and I'm heading back home! oh, and if SHTF, these and country folk are the ones you want on your side!

Fun fact: the banjo is actually an African instrument.

Mandolin is what he is playing. You can play Bluegrass as a solo act.

Try Billy strings watch it fall. Really can't go wrong though, this is one tight outfit.

If you want to watch Billy show off what he can do on a guitar then this link is for you. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZqYpahll5PQXX0.html At the 9:25 mark he sings Train. Which has a good feel to it. Enjoy.

To be bluegrass you usually have at least an upright bass, banjo, guitar, and mandolin hopefully. And you never have drums. The difference between a fiddle and violin is the fiddle is cradled in your elbow . While the violin is rested on your shoulder with your cheek/jaw holding it.

If someone hasn't already said it, the difference between a violin and a fiddle is a violin has strings and fiddle has strangs. There ya go. Now you're all caught up! You're welcome. :-)

Guitar, banjo, mandolin, upright bass my guy