Fiddler friend
As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.
understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
Last autumn I heard by chance on Radio 4 a programme about a fok instrument, a Hardanger fiddle. I had never heard of it before. I liked the sound, and wanted to know more, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. There it told me that this type of fiddle was sometimes used in popular musci, notably in the film score to Lord of the Rings. I should say I am not a musician, but the very next day I met an old friend who is a professional fiddler. I probably see him about once a year. I asked if he had heard of this instrument. He said he had not only heard of it, but owned one, and showed it to me. He asked if I had seen Lord of the Rings, saying that if so, I would have heard him playing it, as he was the fiddler on the sound track - he proceeded to paly it for me.
Date submitted:Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:31:39 +0000Coincidence ID:5681
