"One grają na skrzypcach."

Translation: They play the violin.

[DeborahSutcliffe]

This lovely Polish word is onomatopoeic for the sound, not of a Stradivarius, but the first, home made fiddle and bow.

[DorotaJarosz]

I agree! When I don’t practice, the only sound I can make is skrzypieć :-)

[knoakes]

this means they are actually playing rather than have the ability to play?
So although subtle there is a difference between "they are playing a violin" which is less specific than "they play the (specific) violin" do I assume without articles you would use "this " or "that" or do you Use different verbs to describe more specific playing?