In the hardened days of yore when with beer and brawn the knives of Hallingdale from their sheats were often drawn when women to the feast funeral shirts would bring with which they would swathe their dead husbands in there once took place a wedding somewhere in Hemsedale4 where song and dance did cease and the men did ring the vale. In the center of the floor framed by shoulder-broad men two stood with knives unsheated and a leather belt round them And like columns carved unmoving, serene another four stood as guardians of the scene They lift burning torches toward the blackened beams where curls of smoke collected to a dark and brooding stream In vain two women try howling, to stem the living wall of bodies raised before them Angrily they’re thrown back and left to despair while the fiddler quietly sidles toward the cellar stair. Down he goes to tap beer as the winner of the fight may have need to kiss the bowl's rim tonight. Within the belt they'll duel, blood running like sap the vein will need refilling from the beer casket tap. Standing in the cellar he saw a bluish glow someone sitting on the casket tuning fiddle, holding bow. This man held it backwards tightly to his chest and as soon as it was tuned put his fiddle to the test. There came a song of wonder; It rang like angry words, Like steel bite into wood Like fists rammed into boards. It jubilantly roamed Around the darkened cellar hall And came to a halt At the sound of a fall Quietly the fiddler listened to the mighty flow It was like the music’s eddies went down his spine and brow. He quickly asked the other “Where did you learn that song?” The answer: “Don't you mind that, But remember it - for long!” But as the man bent down Reaching for the tap He saw a horned hoof against the casket rap He forgot to tap the beer And ran up to the hall Just as the men were lifting The body from the fall Fanitullen it is called This wild and haunting spell And in Hallingdale they play it And they play it well And when its tune is singing to beer and feast and brawn again knives of Hallingdale from their sheats are quickly drawn
I love these so much that I feature a Hardanger fiddle in one of my novels. He's a traveling tent musician who kept a diary in the late 1800s to early 1900s. (Wish I could have found a great HF photo to use for the cover!)
"Fanitullen" is a beat[slåt] that is found in varieties in Hallingdal and Telemark. The name really means "Devil's Troll". The devil was hard to troll, or joke as it is called in some dialects. He was also a capable fiddler, which is evident from the historical legend associated with the tune. (Wikipedia)
That is a bad translation. A better translation is "the Devils trill". It means to sing a melody without any specific words. "The devil was hard to troll, or joke" should have been: "The devil was good at singing melodies". Tulle is a regional dialect of tralle, which is a traditional Scandinavian music form, where you sing a dancing melody or melody to a song. Think of "tra-la-la-la"
@@Thetarget1 My understanding of what a devil is tells me that the devil has not any idea how real music sounds. Music is harmony, and a devil is a master in creating chaos, false tones, that what is disliked. The devil is therefore not even able to play the violin, the fiddle. He does not want. He wants to destroy what is nice, and or to destroy the fiddle. Why were Norwegians afraid of masters of music? Of those who were not afraid of losing control of the feelings? Because they themselves were becoming a devil then. because the lowest feelings came up, not possible to hide?
I only have a vague familiarity with the Hardingfele but it was because of Annbjørg Lien of Bukkene Bruse and The String Sisters that I gained an appreciation for this instructor.
actually you want a brighter sound and that is the same tune you said but to make it brighter you need this tune B, E, B, F#, Its the same tune you said but in a brighter sound
@@sevvi8096 that is correct, everything is a whole step up but read as normal music notation. I think you mean D# vs F#?? That is the troll tuning with the last string being a third up vs a fifth up. You can only do this on the hardanger. Do not attempt on a normal violin. Your strings will break.
Yes there are. I only know a bit of swedish, iclandic, Danish and finnish cultures, but I since I am Norwegian I can tell you that it differansen a lot
Even back in the Viking era, there where differences between Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians. The Danes where more connected to Europe than Sweden, and Norway, and Norway was the most isolated of the three. The Swedes where more cultural in a way, and most of what we know of the ancient religion of “Åsatru», comes from Sweden. This “Hardanger fiddle” tradition is very distinctive to the surrounding areas of Hardanger in Norway, but of course spread a good bit around the country. There are Swedish fiddle tunes too that have a lot of similarities, but the Danes didn’t do it at all. So it’s mostly a Norwegian tradition for sure.
@@daginn896 So false that we have hundreds of dialects.. Do you know why we have hundreds of dialects in Norway? Because we were isolatded. 😏 And most of the original sagas about Åsatru where found in Sweden. The iceland sagas are just one part, and fairly new.
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Amazing man .. I love these instruments....
Ich liebe Hardangerfiddle.
Respekt vor dem Musikanten.
Meine Hochachtung!!
In the hardened days of yore
when with beer and brawn
the knives of Hallingdale
from their sheats were often drawn
when women to the feast
funeral shirts would bring
with which they would swathe
their dead husbands in
there once took place a wedding
somewhere in Hemsedale4
where song and dance did cease
and the men did ring the vale.
In the center of the floor
framed by shoulder-broad men
two stood with knives unsheated
and a leather belt round them
And like columns carved
unmoving, serene
another four stood
as guardians of the scene
They lift burning torches
toward the blackened beams
where curls of smoke collected
to a dark and brooding stream
In vain two women try
howling, to stem
the living wall of bodies
raised before them
Angrily they’re thrown back
and left to despair
while the fiddler quietly sidles
toward the cellar stair.
Down he goes to tap beer
as the winner of the fight
may have need to kiss
the bowl's rim tonight.
Within the belt they'll duel,
blood running like sap
the vein will need refilling
from the beer casket tap.
Standing in the cellar
he saw a bluish glow
someone sitting on the casket
tuning fiddle, holding bow.
This man held it backwards
tightly to his chest
and as soon as it was tuned
put his fiddle to the test.
There came a song of wonder;
It rang like angry words,
Like steel bite into wood
Like fists rammed into boards.
It jubilantly roamed
Around the darkened cellar hall
And came to a halt
At the sound of a fall
Quietly the fiddler listened
to the mighty flow
It was like the music’s eddies
went down his spine and brow.
He quickly asked the other
“Where did you learn that song?”
The answer: “Don't you mind that,
But remember it - for long!”
But as the man bent down
Reaching for the tap
He saw a horned hoof
against the casket rap
He forgot to tap the beer
And ran up to the hall
Just as the men were lifting
The body from the fall
Fanitullen it is called
This wild and haunting spell
And in Hallingdale they play it
And they play it well
And when its tune is singing
to beer and feast and brawn
again knives of Hallingdale
from their sheats are quickly drawn
I love these so much that I feature a Hardanger fiddle in one of my novels. He's a traveling tent musician who kept a diary in the late 1800s to early 1900s. (Wish I could have found a great HF photo to use for the cover!)
"Fanitullen" is a beat[slåt] that is found in varieties in Hallingdal and Telemark. The name really means "Devil's Troll". The devil was hard to troll, or joke as it is called in some dialects. He was also a capable fiddler, which is evident from the historical legend associated with the tune. (Wikipedia)
That is a bad translation. A better translation is "the Devils trill". It means to sing a melody without any specific words. "The devil was hard to troll, or joke" should have been: "The devil was good at singing melodies". Tulle is a regional dialect of tralle, which is a traditional Scandinavian music form, where you sing a dancing melody or melody to a song. Think of "tra-la-la-la"
@@Thetarget1 My understanding of what a devil is tells me that the devil has not any idea how real music sounds. Music is harmony, and a devil is a master in creating chaos, false tones, that what is disliked. The devil is therefore not even able to play the violin, the fiddle. He does not want. He wants to destroy what is nice, and or to destroy the fiddle. Why were Norwegians afraid of masters of music? Of those who were not afraid of losing control of the feelings? Because they themselves were becoming a devil then. because the lowest feelings came up, not possible to hide?
I only have a vague familiarity with the Hardingfele but it was because of Annbjørg Lien of Bukkene Bruse and The String Sisters that I gained an appreciation for this instructor.
Amazing, you are an amazing talent. Greetings from a Norwegian guy.
This is Fanitullen, the devil's tune played on the hardanger fiddle. The fiddle is tuned A, E, A, C# to get this unique sound.
actually you want a brighter sound and that is the same tune you said but to make it brighter you need this tune B, E, B, F#, Its the same tune you said but in a brighter sound
@@sevvi8096 that is correct, everything is a whole step up but read as normal music notation. I think you mean D# vs F#?? That is the troll tuning with the last string being a third up vs a fifth up. You can only do this on the hardanger. Do not attempt on a normal violin. Your strings will break.
not mine
@@sevvi8096 ???
This makes me want to dance. ❤
Veldig nice.
Oh yes I recognize this melody nice job I see too you are holding it low and a bit horizontal like in the 19th century pictures :)
Muito bom!
I am part Norwegian and I love fiddling! 🎻
very nice !!!
Sometimes called the hangman's reel
I struggle to grasp, are there four distinctive cultures of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Island or the One Nordic culture?
Yes there are. I only know a bit of swedish, iclandic, Danish and finnish cultures, but I since I am Norwegian I can tell you that it differansen a lot
Even back in the Viking era, there where differences between Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians. The Danes where more connected to Europe than Sweden, and Norway, and Norway was the most isolated of the three. The Swedes where more cultural in a way, and most of what we know of the ancient religion of “Åsatru», comes from Sweden. This “Hardanger fiddle” tradition is very distinctive to the surrounding areas of Hardanger in Norway, but of course spread a good bit around the country. There are Swedish fiddle tunes too that have a lot of similarities, but the Danes didn’t do it at all. So it’s mostly a Norwegian tradition for sure.
@@sillynorseman6847 Most of what we know about Åsatru comes from the Icelandic source material. And the whole notion of being isolated is also false.
@@daginn896 So false that we have hundreds of dialects.. Do you know why we have hundreds of dialects in Norway? Because we were isolatded. 😏 And most of the original sagas about Åsatru where found in Sweden. The iceland sagas are just one part, and fairly new.
Fanitullen, bra! and he is cute........
So many bottles, big party?
Nyyydelig! Fy faen! Hvor har du lært dette?
markus jørgensen - It is the most famous "slått" (Dance Tune) of Norway.
musikkskole
@@sevvi8096 good guess
Teach meeee! :D
Ta daaa ????
sounds a lot like bagpipes lol