fiddle sticks are long, slender wooden (usually) sticks that are used to accompany a violinist or
fiddler. The fiddle sticks player stands to the right of
the fiddler and taps the sticks on
the fiddler's strings, much as in the style of a hammered dulcimer.
"Get away from me with those
damned fiddle sticks,
you nut. I'm trying to play
Bach's Chaccone!"