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!)
But you can not get the same sound in the Harding fele (Fiddle) with wrong kind of wood. The forest in Norway grows slow because of the cold winters. and that make an other structure in the wood. And the hardnes and structure of the wood, is the thing that give the resonance in the fiddle.
You do not understand that Norwegian folk music is more intricate than most other folk music from around the world. And it got very ancient roots. If you saw people dance to this tune you would have get it !
I agree, Tom Roger, the music is intricate for sure. However, I don't think we can rank different traditional music in terms of more or less intricate. I've played quite a lot with musicians from other traditions, and melodic figures and rhythmical patterns which first seem so simple, always have a little twist or swing to it, making it nearly impossible to understand or play. I think the beauty of traditional music lies in the small details, the continuous variations, making it interesting to listen to over and over again - no matter which area it originates from.
These hardangers are so beautiful in appearance & sound. Does one have to buy these fiddles from China nowadays? Or are any old Norwegian hardangers ever on the market for sale?
There are still som fiddle bilders in Norway, and you cant bay it from China :-) because they cant bild them there. To make one of thees you have to get the right kind of wood, and the knowhow given from man to man for some hundred years. I know someone try to make them in other area to, but with out the right kind of wood and know how. it can look a like but never sound like the real ones. The long and cold winters in Norway gives the forest a slow growing hardnes and structure in the wood, and out of a big tree you might just find perfect wood for only one fiddle. When you knock on the wood you can hear the resonance in it, and there is the secret part of the fiddle makers traditions. Remember the forest in Norway lives on the edge of what it can survive at all.
There are several makers in the USA if that’s where you live. The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America has members from all around the world. You should check it out!
Beautifully and sensitively played.
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!)
Anne Hytta is a master on the hardanger fiddle, Spellemannsprisen 2017
Simply awesome.....
sound amazing
Gratulerer så mye med andreplassen i A-klassa på landskappleiken iår!!
Amazing!
Wao
There are a number of makers in the US as well.
But you can not get the same sound in the Harding fele (Fiddle) with wrong kind of wood. The forest in Norway grows slow because of the cold winters. and that make an other structure in the wood. And the hardnes and structure of the wood, is the thing that give the resonance in the fiddle.
Incredible. Her tapping foot doesn't seem to find the beat. Or my ears just don't get it.
+Alex Paulsen Dear Alex, the rhythm in this piece is basically 6/8, but it is not a metric rhythm. You just have to follow the flow :-)
Anne Hytta Word 👍🖒
Her tapping doesn't keep any steady rhythm, 6/8/ or otherwise.
You do not understand that Norwegian folk music is more intricate than most other folk music
from around the world. And it got very ancient roots.
If you saw people dance to this tune you would have get it !
I agree, Tom Roger, the music is intricate for sure. However, I don't think we can rank different traditional music in terms of more or less intricate. I've played quite a lot with musicians from other traditions, and melodic figures and rhythmical patterns which first seem so simple, always have a little twist or swing to it, making it nearly impossible to understand or play. I think the beauty of traditional music lies in the small details, the continuous variations, making it interesting to listen to over and over again - no matter which area it originates from.
There did not seem to be any connection to the feet stomping and the music tempo?😅
These hardangers are so beautiful in appearance & sound. Does one have to buy these fiddles from China nowadays? Or are any old Norwegian hardangers ever on the market for sale?
There are still som fiddle bilders in Norway, and you cant bay it from China :-) because they cant bild them there. To make one of thees you have to get the right kind of wood, and the knowhow given from man to man for some hundred years. I know someone try to make them in other area to, but with out the right kind of wood and know how. it can look a like but never sound like the real ones. The long and cold winters in Norway gives the forest a slow growing hardnes and structure in the wood, and out of a big tree you might just find perfect wood for only one fiddle.
When you knock on the wood you can hear the resonance in it, and there is the secret part of the fiddle makers traditions. Remember the forest in Norway lives on the edge of what it can survive at all.
There are several makers in the USA if that’s where you live.
The Hardanger Fiddle Association of America has members from all around the world. You should check it out!
My name is derived from Hardanger. I carved a few hardbody guitars, haven't built one in a while though.....
google for "hardingfele salges" and you'll find loads of hardanger fiddles from norway ;)
Hvorfor kommer eg at tænke på Norafjells?
But who is the other girl?
The other woman is Åse Teigland, a fantastic hardanger fiddle player from Hardanger!
@@annehytta Hmm. She is awfully quiet...... Would love to hear you play domedagsslåtten on "Gorrlause base"
he's trying to, some countries require marriage to be grown up.
Dark-haired one gets the easier part of the duet.
Marry me, you beautiful white woman!
Grow up.