With most tunes there goes a slåttestev, a silly rhyme to help the fiddler remember the tune. For this tune it goes like this, it's all nonsense, but here it is: "Hev' du 'kje hoppa, så hoppa' du vel no! Dansa' du med labba' så slit du 'kje sko! Va' du ikkje galen, så daug du 'kje so! Hev' du 'kje hoppa, så hoppa' du vel no! Dansa' du med labba' så slit du 'kje sko! Va' du ikkje galen så flaug du 'kje so!" In an attempt to translate this into English, it would be something like: "If you haven't jumped before, you probably will now! If you dance in your socks, you won't wear out your shoes! If you weren't crazy, you couldn't do this! If you haven't jumped before, you probably will now! If you dance in your socks, you won't wear out your shoes! If you weren't crazy you wouldn't fly like this!"
Thanks for that info! I just learned another halling that has the title “Har du ikje hoppa”, so it sounds like the same rhyme for a different tune. Fun!
I've tried to do this after the notation by Bernt Balchen jr., and that is not easy, though I guess that others will not think the same? Nice tune, and well done, I'd say. So thanks. Rachel! :-)
I have found your profile in Facebook, and sent you a personal message with only the copy of "Hopparen" - or "Hev du ikkje hoppa, so hoppar du vel no?" The copy is from Bernt Balchen jr.'s first book for HFAA.
IF i were to assign my sympathetic strings to "logically located" tuning pegs" on my hardanger fiddle... would the Norwegian hardanger police come and arrest me if its not in their tradition (first they have to find me hee hee)?
This is one of (at least) two versions of this tune. It was the first tune I ever learned on the Hardanger fiddle in a slightly different form, contributed to Ola Mosafinn. Here it is: ruclips.net/video/ir8By2RjoiQ/видео.html
Yes, traditional. No one knows who made it. I learned it in the form (meaning the way it's played) in the tradition after Ola Mosafinn, but there are different versions out there. Like the one played here. It's slightly different from the version I learned. Not much, but a little. The version Rachel plays here is (more or less) the same version the Norwegian artist Øystein Sunde used in his song "Gammalosten", meaning "The Old Cheese" - a Norwegian specialty I hope you'll never get served! If the smell don't kill you, the taste probably will! ;-D Here it is: ruclips.net/video/Ayw4C4m6ao0/видео.html
And here is a slightly "jazzed up" version (which I don't like 'cause I'm a purist), and famous from The Simpsons: ruclips.net/video/-5LZqZgEckM/видео.html
The simpson music of the end of "Coming to Homerica" Thank is beautiful
With most tunes there goes a slåttestev, a silly rhyme to help the fiddler remember the tune. For this tune it goes like this, it's all nonsense, but here it is: "Hev' du 'kje hoppa, så hoppa' du vel no! Dansa' du med labba' så slit du 'kje sko! Va' du ikkje galen, så daug du 'kje so! Hev' du 'kje hoppa, så hoppa' du vel no! Dansa' du med labba' så slit du 'kje sko! Va' du ikkje galen så flaug du 'kje so!" In an attempt to translate this into English, it would be something like: "If you haven't jumped before, you probably will now! If you dance in your socks, you won't wear out your shoes! If you weren't crazy, you couldn't do this! If you haven't jumped before, you probably will now! If you dance in your socks, you won't wear out your shoes! If you weren't crazy you wouldn't fly like this!"
Thanks for that info! I just learned another halling that has the title “Har du ikje hoppa”, so it sounds like the same rhyme for a different tune. Fun!
@@nesvigr You're most welcome, Rachel. I'd like to hear this tune you're speaking of sometime! Please keep up the good work. Hug. 🙂
Thanks Rachel, very nice rendition. Bernt Baalchen Jr. has a video of this tune also. Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the video tip! I just watched it and enjoyed Bernt's recording!
Amazing I loved it.
You're playing of that Hardanger fiddle is the best I have heard so far.
That's so sweet of you!
Beautiful!
Beautiful work!
I've tried to do this after the notation by Bernt Balchen jr., and that is not easy, though I guess that others will not think the same? Nice tune, and well done, I'd say. So thanks. Rachel! :-)
Hi! Would love to see that notation. I didn't know it existed!
I have found your profile in Facebook, and sent you a personal message with only the copy of "Hopparen" - or "Hev du ikkje hoppa, so hoppar du vel no?" The copy is from Bernt Balchen jr.'s first book for HFAA.
IF i were to assign my sympathetic strings to "logically located" tuning pegs" on my hardanger fiddle... would the Norwegian hardanger police come and arrest me if its not in their tradition (first they have to find me hee hee)?
Haha! Highly doubt anyone would care!
gratulerer med dagen!
Very nice ☺
This is one of (at least) two versions of this tune. It was the first tune I ever learned on the Hardanger fiddle in a slightly different form, contributed to Ola Mosafinn.
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/ir8By2RjoiQ/видео.html
Please make a tutorial og many of your songs
Who made this joyful song? Traditional?
I learned this tune at St. Olaf College sometime around 2004-2007 and I'm not quite sure what the origins are, actually!
Yes, traditional. No one knows who made it. I learned it in the form (meaning the way it's played) in the tradition after Ola Mosafinn, but there are different versions out there. Like the one played here. It's slightly different from the version I learned. Not much, but a little. The version Rachel plays here is (more or less) the same version the Norwegian artist Øystein Sunde used in his song "Gammalosten", meaning "The Old Cheese" - a Norwegian specialty I hope you'll never get served! If the smell don't kill you, the taste probably will! ;-D
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/Ayw4C4m6ao0/видео.html
Man we sure got to kick all them hats
Hi Rachel, sent you a direct message as I couldn't find your contact details anywhere. Would love to work with you on an upcoming project.
Rachael, could you post the lyrics in English, please? Thank you! Takk skal du ha!
You need more credid for this
And here is a slightly "jazzed up" version (which I don't like 'cause I'm a purist), and famous from The Simpsons:
ruclips.net/video/-5LZqZgEckM/видео.html
Very fun! Love it!
@@nesvigr 😊