If you want to learn the fiddle, you'll need to commit some time and effort yourself and enlist the help of a good teacher or online course.
A fiddle is exactly the same as a violin, the distinction is usually only in the type of music played but there are some nuances that separate the violin and fiddle.
The tuning of a fiddle and violin are usually identical, from left to right while facing the violin, the strings are tuned at G, D, A and E.
This is known as fifths.
Sometimes the strings may be tuned a bit sharp or flat depending on the desired effect.
The strings themselves have variations as well.
Classical violinist usually prefer gut, nylon or composite strings (much like classical guitarists) while a fiddle player will usually opt to use steel or aluminum strings.
The method of tuning involves pegs, a bridge, and a tailpiece.
The pegs are used to make larger adjustments to the strings and are utilized more with nylon or gut strings due to the elasticity in those types of strings.
For the fiddle player who utilizes steel or aluminum strings, having fine tuners in the tailpiece of the fiddle allows smaller adjustments to be made since steel and aluminum don't have the stretch that nylon and gut have.
If you've played any other type of stringed instrument (other than a violin, viola, cello, or double bass), you're probably used to the neck of the instrument being fretted.
Surprise! The neck of your fiddle has no frets and in fact, many instructors stress the importance of learning to recognize (by ear) when the right note is being played.
There are ways to help you learn when you're at the right spot such as using a piece of tape or a spot of white-out.
The lack of frets is actually what gives the violin such a full and rich range of musical notes since you can fret a string at any point on the neck.