Short Rest: Eldermourne - Ep. 16: Curses & Cliffhangers

The violin and fiddle are for different genres. The fiddle is specifically for bluegrass and folk music where you play more than one note at time. They often have a different shaped bridge to make it easier to play 2 or 3 strings. Many people do play them, and us the terms, interchangeably, but you can also get a fiddle that is different from a violin.

As someone who is a violinist and a fiddler - The biggest difference is the nut that holds the bow. About 6ft in my case. Some fiddlers will edit a violin, making it a fiddle. Mine has been edited to be asymmetric and twisted more. It's actually more difficult to play violin music on it than fiddle music. Additionally, some fiddling has different tuning.

My parents wouldn't give us sugary cereal either! The amount of bartering and begging we did to get captain crunch ONCE was wild lol

I grew up in a single wide trailer with black mold in the walls and I feel bad for Emily.

Fiddle vs Violin guesses cracked me up they're exactly the same, just depends on how you play it.

Well, I actually shouted “what?!” out loud in the middle of the parking lot when Emily spoke of passing a kidney stone as a child

My cat familiar also enjoys my garden - mostly squishing my plants as she prowls through or sits to watch birds. I'd get mad at her, but she's just too cute when she finds a little cove of tomatoes to surround herself with!

the fiddle discourse is the first time i've involuntarily facepalmed during a short rest

I live for the outdoor cat updates.

Omg thank you for all the effort in making the campaign collections AND adding the short rests 💕💕💕💕

I’ve touched a tarantula for a fear of spiders study, the hairs are surprisingly soft!!

I had to take a stings proficiency class when I was studying music in college. When I asked the violin teacher what the difference was, she told me that, while the instrument itself is the same, the technique for fiddle involves more bowing of multiple strings at the same time.

lol the bean dad reference. I miss Friendly Fire also "bouldershoulder" how am i not seeing people bring up Salvatore

I know I’m late to the game here, I just got on Patreon and am relistening to all the content with short rests. And I just had to say I am HERE for murph and Emily narrating their cat outside.

Emily! Its not stupid! We love your stories!

I love how the gang is just putting Murph on blast.

Listening to the violin vs fiddle bit was amazing. I'm an adult learner, literally started 2 weeks ago, with the desire to learn fiddle. I'm sucking it up and learning proper violin techniques first so I can read music faster, but I'm in the Murph camp of "I don't want to learn violin but I do want to learn fiddle"

Love the Australian shoutout but as a long time listener please don’t forget the west coast! Perth loves you too! Melbourne has possums, we have possums and quokkas to steal your heart. Perth is the crick of Australia in my opinion.

How do I get short rest to pop up on spotify like my other subscribed podcasts do?

Love the implication that Bruce Springsteen is the thinking person's Anton Chekhov

I just would like to say... I would absolutely listen to an hour long podcast where Murph and Emily narrate the actions of the cats. That gave me so much joy 😂

You can spill alcohol on a fiddle, you wouldn't play a violin on a humid day.

My teacher told me the difference between a fiddle and a violin is the way you hold your left hand. (But yeah it’s the same instrument)

Hey I just wanna say that your guy’s merch has become my go to for when I have to leave the house and is my security blanket

Fiddle is a state of mind

Chicken Wire! Thats how I solved my Cat-Plant familiar drama

I genuinely thought you were separating out the shadow essence, as well, because I've used centrifuges, and every time I hear somebody talk about one, I immediately think, "Oh. They're separating out different viscosities."

Don't know where to put this but can we get a Metal City Mahem episode?

Dogs can have raw steak! But I sure wouldn’t let a stranger feed my dog raw steak 😂

“A violin has strings and a fiddle has strangs” is how I’ve heard the difference described

Murph always brings mechanics that feel fun and fresh idk how he does it

I am so ready for the new podcast: Emily, The Early Years!

The cat in the clover reminded me of a song we used to sing at GirlGuides campfires "Roll Me Over In The Clover" and googling the lyrics and it still as bizarre to this day! http://www.skylighters.org/ww2music/rollmeover.html

I live for every time Murph goes, "Oh my god, Emily, nooo!" And Emily just cackles.

I would pay a million bucks for a Mixed Bag that was just stories of Emily's childhood.

Addelina Kravitchina is the name of my next player character

For the centrifuge, it will be set to a certain speed to chuck all the precipitate (bits in the liquid) depending on the speed to the bottom of the test tube. The leftover liquid (called the supernatant) can contain what you're looking for as dissolved substance and the precipitate may contain unwanted excess material

What’s the difference between a violin and a fiddle? You can’t spill your beer on a violin. (Thank you Google)

As a piano teacher and harpsichord doctorate music student I both violently spat up blood and cry laughed during that entire music conversation

Caldwell falling off the boulder was the most Beverly thing I have ever heard.

Hey there centaurs, the violin has a higher bridge (where the strings sit) so you can focus on playing one string at a time, where a fiddle has a lower bridge so you can play two or more strings for that traditional fiddle sound!

Caldwell sneaking in “spare the oat, spoil the child,” was hysterical.

Every time I hear Murph and Emily talk about their cats it adds five years to my life

my violin is fucking ruined???

Fiddles are violins that you play hick music with.

EMILY WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME ITS JUST THE STYLE BAYBEE

I'm a violinist, and in high school I also got into percussion and did a lot of like, Proper Symphony Stuff. I started bass/guitar lessons with a guy like Murph's teacher who didn't know how to read music and didn't understand that I'm not good at reading tabs so it was a bad time lmao.

I just finished up student teaching at an elementary band program! It was wonderful (and painful) to hear your young music stories!

Is noone going to comment on the fact that the yeti encounter was literally a Wampa from star wars? The dude was even hanging upside down like Luke was lmao The question is, was there a lightsaber in the cave?

I’m a drummer and teacher so Emily if you ever want lessons let me know!

The original plan of murphs to have the vamp spawn follow them around the house in last ep reminded me of resident evil. When murph said he had recently played RE it seemed to confirm that was the inspiration

The difference between a violin and a fiddle is the way they are tuned. They're the same instrument but tuned differently for a different type of music.

I feel validated knowing my parents weren't the only one who used the Oats and Marshmallow parenting method

Caldwell, dislocated my shoulder in-door rock climbing (would've been fine if I just let go) and I still can't sleep on my left side because of that!

Stop guys, fiddle is another word for violin 🤣

I play the violin, and listening to them discuss the difference between a fiddle and a violin was hilarious 🤣

That flintlock zerk found scares me lol. He's gonna accidentally blast spridal.

Loving it chuchu crew