i play the violin.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments are known, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments and in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music and in jazz. Electric violins with solid bodies and piezoelectric pickups are used in some forms of rock music and jazz fusion, with the pickups plugged into instrument amplifiers and speakers to produce sound. Further, the violin has come to be played in many non-Western music cultures, including Indian music and Iranian music.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I play the violin sometimes. Do you know how to play?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't.  I know a couple people who play, and I played bass for about a year when I was younger, but I'm not much of a musician."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Ah, well most people aren't. And, everyone has different tastes in both music and the instruments that are used. Violins are the smallest and high-pitched in their family"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I usually assume violins are used for classical music.  Do they show up in other types of music much?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Violins are important in many varieties of genres. Sometimes people just don't notice them over other instruments"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can see that.  Do you think a violinist could be as popular as say a guitarist or lead singer?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In some ways. Perhaps not as well known, but known well in their field. For example, Lindsey Sterling."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Who is that?  Would I know things she's done even if I don't know her?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "*Lindsey Stirling. I made a typo :) She is an American violinist who is well known for doing cover songs. You probably wouldn't unless you had an interest in that field or saw her on Youtube"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Maybe I'll look her up.  I do like hearing covers of songs, it's fun to see other peoples' takes on a song."}]