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The violin is also used in folk and popular music and is traditionally called a [[fiddle]]. Because it is often use to accompany dance, it gained the nickname 'the devil's instrument'. In fact, the violin has always been used for both sacred and secular music.  It has spread throughout the world and everywhere it goes it is adapted to the local musical styles.

The violin is also used in folk and popular music and is traditionally called a [[fiddle]]. It is just as valid a name as "violin;" in fact both words have a common origin: both derived from the Latin ''vitula,'' by separate paths.<ref>[http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/celloetymology.htm The Etymology of the Words Violin and Cello]</ref> Because it is often use to accompany dance, it gained the nickname 'the devil's instrument'. In fact, the violin has always been used for both sacred and secular music.  It has spread throughout the world and everywhere it goes it is adapted to the local musical styles.

[[Category:Musical Instrument]]

[[Category:Musical Instrument]]