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Originally Posted by Darth Marley
The notion that the "fiddle" came from Africa rather than the European violin is plain historical revisionism. As a hypothesis, it doesn't pass the laugh test.
Similar instrument, and of course, changes in styles from the slaves, certainly that happened. But, saying the slaves had an influence on country music is very different than saying it is derived from the slaves.
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There you go rewriting my post. I didn't say the fiddle came from Africa, simply that they had an instrument similar to it. When the masters saw this, they had them learn the violen (close enough to be an easy transition). At the master's parties they played traditional violen music, but around the cabin they fiddled.