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In the days of Shakespeare there would be a fiddle player on stage. This was the fiddle player that the crowd would see. However, sometimes strings would break. So there would be a second person behind the curtain, offstage who played just as well as the person on stage. When the person on stage would break a string, he would continue on as if he were playing while the second fiddler would actually be what the crowd was hearing. No one ever saw or knew or applauded the second fiddler! So this is where that term came from.
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TaigaThe lead fiddle player in an orchestra received recognition and attention, so if you played second fiddle - the back-up, or supporting fiddle - you were out of the spotlight and received little attention. The phrase second fiddle is usually used when a person is feeling inferior, or when someone else is receiving all the credit while he/she is unrecognized.
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Play second fiddle?
It means to come in behind someone else, as if they were the first fiddle in the orchestra and you were the second one. The second fiddle in an orchestra supports the first one and plays harmony for them - someone who is playing second fiddle supports the other person and backs them up.
When was Second Fiddle - To an Old Guitar - created?
Second Fiddle - To an Old Guitar - was created in 1964-04.
What is the difference between fiddle and violin?
A fiddle and a violin are the same physical instrument. The only difference is how the instrument is played. For example, Classical music is played on a violin. Country and folk music is played on a fiddle.
What does fiddle fadle mean?
Nonsense. Unproductive use of time. Unnecessary, thought, speech, action, etc.
What is someone who plays the fiddle called?
The viola is sometimes called a fiddle although whoever does is inaccurate, because the violin may be considered a fiddle if played in what i like to call "playing in a fiddle fashion. Please note that you can still fiddle on the viola since it is a technique but the viola itself is not called a fiddle.
